Seattle Streets Alliance
A Pedestrian Street for Every Neighborhood
Streets make up a quarter of our public land in Seattle. 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. What kind of pedestrian street do you want to see in your neighborhood?
A market street where you can stroll and shop without worrying about traffic? A school street where your kids can safely play outside? A garden street to grow food and community? The possibilities are only limited by our collective imagination.
What Streets Alliance Is Doing
People Friendly Pike Place Market
In 2025, we achieved a major breakthrough for Seattle’s most iconic street: a one-year pedestrian pilot for Pike Place. Many thought it was impossible and urged us to focus elsewhere, but we refused to give up. Years of hard work building the case through polling, careful listening, organizing, and advocacy at City Hall paid off.
Foot traffic and sales are up — and Seattle has embraced the pilot. Now we are working to ensure the Pike Place pilot continues to be successful and becomes permanent.
A pedestrian street at the heart of every neighborhood
This year we are advocating for a process where community members can create temporary or permanent school streets, market streets, healthy streets, garden streets, and more. We’re working 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.
We're also working to ensure the city makes the most of the $66.5 million in funding we successfully secured for People Streets in the 2024 Transportation Levy.
Accessible Lake Washington Boulevard
Lake Washington Boulevard is not just a street — it's one of Seattle’s greatest parks. Year round, Seattle families enjoy walking, biking, rolling, swimming, pleasure drives, and more along the 3-mile public shoreline between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park.
We’re pushing the city to:
1) Complete Phase 2 of the Lake Washington Blvd Renovations Project as originally planned.
2) Make "Bicycle Weekends" safer and more welcoming this summer, by returning to an every weekend schedule; facilitating community activation with art, food trucks, and cultural activities; and rebrand the program to make it more inviting.
3) Plan for a bold pilot in 2027 — using one lane of the street for a multi-use trail.
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