Walkable Neighborhoods — Seattle Streets Alliance

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.