How Local Action Builds Power: Inside Our 2025 Volunteer Organizing Symposium

At a time when national politics can feel paralyzed and overwhelming, local action is where real change still happens. If you care about building a safer, more sustainable, and equitable world, your neighborhood is the place to start — and there’s no better time than now.

On Saturday, May 17, 120 passionate neighbors from across Seattle gathered at Seattle Central College for the first-ever Volunteer Organizing Symposium. It was a …

Beyond Tickets: Building an Equitable Vision for Street Safety in Seattle

Blog post by Whose Streets? Our Streets!, an independent BIPOC-led group fiscally sponsored by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

This week, Seattle City Council’s Transportation Committee finalized legislation governing the use of automated speed ticketing in Seattle. The new legislation expands automated enforcement in Seattle, setting the stage for doubling the number of school zone speed cameras this summer and creating a new 24-hour speed camera program to be piloted later this …

10 Construction Projects That Will Transform Seattle’s Streets in 2025

Last year, our advocacy for a strong Seattle Transportation Plan and a Transportation Levy big enough to fund it paid off!

This month, the City Council removed the hold on levy funding they placed last fall. That means the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) now has access to all the levy funding we voted for last fall – the largest investment ever in walking, biking, placemaking, and safety.

With levy …

Update on SDOT's Levy Spend Plan

Thanks to our advocacy efforts, Seattle’s biggest investment in its streets is about to begin.

SDOT just released their 2025 Transportation Levy Delivery Plan which details which projects levy funds will help build.

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The Seattle Transportation Levy, which we helped pass last November, included historic funding levels for safety, pedestrian, and bike projects, and more. Put together with the 2024 Transportation Plan, SDOT now lists which projects should be …