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Tag Archives: ballot
Seattle Primary 2017: Vote Farrell for Mayor, Mosqueda for Council
With crowded races in two important Seattle city elections this year, The Northwest Urbanist is weighing in with endorsements for the first time. Ballots for the August 1st primary are in your mailbox this week, so make sure to research … Continue reading
Posted in Government
Tagged 2017, august 1, ballot, candidates, choice, City Council, election, endorsement, Farrell, Jessyn, mayor, Mosqueda, Northwest Urbanist, position 8, primary, race, register, Seattle, Teresa, urbanism, urbanist, vote
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Vote No on Seattle Initiative 123
It’s time to vote down one of the most disastrous ballot measures to come before Seattle voters in years: Initiative 123, a rouge attempt to disrupt over a decade of planning and waste millions of dollars in design for Seattle’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Public Space, Roads, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking, Water
Tagged 123, aquarium, ballot, campaign, City Council, cost, design, details, drawings, election, expansion, Friends, garden bridge, Heidi Hughes, I-123, impacts, Initiative, issues, Kate Martin, Lisa Richmond, measure, no, Park My Viaduct, PDA, Pike Place Market, plan, problems, renders, seawall, section, vote no, Waterfront Seattle, yes
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‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year
Author’s Note: This article was updated September 8, 2015 to correct details of the Initiative 123 campaign and proposal. Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The … Continue reading
Posted in Parks, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged Alaskan Way, ballot, City Council, DWPDA, earthquake, garden bridge, I-123, infrastructure, Initiative 123, James Corner, Kate Martin, Park My Viaduct, Pike Place Market, project, proposal, replacement, Seattle, tunnel, viaduct, Waterfront Seattle, WSDOT
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Seattle Tries Restricting Rideshare Services
Regulations on rideshare companies like UberX, Sidecar, and Lyft are on hold as the City of Seattle crafts a new agreement between them and taxi companies. The rideshares appeared only recently (Sidecar in 2012 and Lyft in 2013), and after … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Government, Policy, Transportation
Tagged ballot, cap, competition, Council, for-hire, insurance, King County, law, legislation, lyft, mayor, murray, ordinance, referendum, restriction, ride-share, rideshare, Seattle, sidecar, smartphone, taxi, uberx, vehicle, vote
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Public Voices Support, Concerns for Metro’s Last Funding Option
On Tuesday night the King County Council held the only public hearing on its proposed ‘Plan B’, detailed in this earlier post, that would maintain transit funding. Most speakers supported the measure, but a number of important questions were brought … Continue reading
Posted in Buses, Government, Policy, Transportation
Tagged ballot, budget, buses, Council, crowding, cuts, fee, funding, King County, low income, metro, Plan B, reduced fare, sales tax, state legislature, vehicle licensing, vote
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