• clara
• Jan. 22, 2026

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is a grassroots coalition, and we have just voted to endorse our 2026 priorities for the year ahead. We’ll build on progress from 2025 and continue our mission to make every neighborhood in Seattle a great place to walk, bike, roll, and live.

Vision Zero: Ending Traffic Deaths and Serious Injuries

Safety is at the core of our work, and we advocate for a city where everyone can get home safely. Vision Zero is the city’s commitment to eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030 – in just 4 years. Yet 307 people were seriously injured (279) or killed (28) on Seattle streets in 2025 – the highest total recorded since 2006. Like so much else in our city, this disproportionately impacts elders, people with disabilities, people of color, unhoused people, and those with low incomes.

Our advocacy is focused on scalable, low-cost policy changes as well as campaigns to fix three of Seattle’s most dangerous streets:

• Aurora Ave N: Partnering with the Aurora Reimagined Coalition to push for transformative safety upgrades.
• MLK Jr. Way S: Supporting Black-led advocacy through the MLK Transportation Justice Teamto advance safety improvements.
• Rainier Ave S: Supporting Black-led advocacy through the Rainier Ave Committee and expanding safety efforts along one of Seattle’s most collision-prone streets.

Read more about our Vision Zero Priority: https://seattlegreenways.org/our-priorities/current-priorities/vision-zero

Ungap The Map: A Citywide Connected Bike Network

We envision a connected network of safe bike routes that make biking comfortable and accessible for everyone in Seattle. The city has made tremendous progress in recent years, but too many bike lanes still start and stop abruptly, leaving riders stranded at dangerous intersections or abandoning entire neighborhoods.

After celebrating long-awaited new routes last year, we’re focusing efforts this year on neighborhood-led campaigns on:

• Major neighborhood connector routes include Beacon Ave S, N 130th St, S Henderson St, E Marginal Way, Fauntleroy Way SW, and Eastlake Ave E.
• Small gaps in the network with outsized impact, including bike lane ends in the Duwamish Valley and C-ID, as well as policy changes to prioritize connecting our network.
• Bike policy and wayfinding. As our network expands, we must ensure it is welcoming to new riders, easy to follow, well-maintained, and safe for everyone.

We’re working towards a future citywide connected bike network that ensures that biking is a safe, comfortable, and convenient option for people in every neighborhood in Seattle.

Read more about our Ungap the Map Priority: https://ungapthemap.seattlegreenways.org/

Mobility Justice: Centering Equity in Advocacy

Racial equity and disability access are essential to mobility justice, as well as funding community-driven projects for safe streets in neighborhoods that have historically received less investment.

We dedicate significant resources to support historically underinvested communities and elevate the voices of those most impacted by unsafe streets.

BIPOC communities often bear the brunt of harm from our transportation system while being excluded from decision-making processes. To address these inequities, we’re focusing on expanding the MLK and Rainier Ave Transportation Justice Workgroups, which are Black-led, intergenerational teams organizing for safety and accessibility in their communities. We’re also providing ongoing support to Whose Streets? Our Streets!, is an independent BIPOC-led group advancing mobility justice and ensuring transportation conversations and policies reflect the needs of historically marginalized communities.

By amplifying BIPOC leadership and prioritizing equity in Seattle’s transportation system, we’re working to build a city where everyone feels safe and welcome traveling on our streets.

Walkable Neighborhoods

Everyone deserves to be able to afford to live in a Seattle neighborhood where they can walk or roll safely to their daily necessities on well-maintained sidewalks and safe pedestrian crossings.

• Sidewalk funding: We are pushing towards a stable, sustainable, and progressive funding source commensurate with the size of the need for new sidewalk construction, which is due to run out of funding in 2028.
• Neighborhood walkability: In addition to expensive new sidewalks, we must also make neighborhood streets safer and more walkable by expanding and strengthening the Home Zone program, pushing for neighborhood-level traffic circulation plans, and reducing neighborhood cut-through traffic.
• Land Use and Zoning: The best transportation plan is a good land-use plan, and we must improve the city’s comprehensive plan to enhance walkability and options for people to live away from dangerous arterials.
• Clear and Maintained Sidewalks: We must accelerate investment in a parking corral system where, in busy areas around town, shared bikes and scooters must be parked in designated street zones.

Places for People: Streets as Community Spaces

We advocate for streets that go beyond transportation to reflect community needs and priorities, not just for mobility but also as vibrant places to gather, play, build community, support small businesses, and enhance the quality of our lives. Our vision is that community members will be empowered to create a pedestrian street in the heart of every neighborhood. This year, we’re focusing on:

• Pike Place: A permanent people street for Pike Place Market
• A pedestrian street at the heart of every neighborhood: Advocating for a process where community members can create temporary or permanent school streets, market streets, healthy streets, garden streets, and more. We’ll work to cut away red tape and the endless “Seattle process” to make it easy for every neighborhood to create a pedestrian street that reflects their values and priorities.
• Lake Washington Boulevard: Space for people to walk and bike along South Seattle’s waterfront.

How You Can Get Involved

There are many ways you can join our movement in 2026!

• Volunteer: Join a neighborhood group or work on citywide campaigns like Vision Zero or Walkable Neighborhoods.
• Attend our New Volunteer Orientation. February 24, 5:30 - 6:30 PM, virtual via Zoom. Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HdmH4qWKR0OUGqXQLaJ0vw. Can’t make it? Check out other upcoming opportunities, including public workshops and advocacy actions.
• Donate: Your contributions fuel our advocacy and help us push for safer streets, affordable housing, and vibrant public spaces.

Together we can make every neighborhood in Seattle a great place to walk, bike, roll, and live!