Thank you for your interest in the Levy to Move Seattle.
It’s important you know where your tax dollars are going. Earlier this month, we started something new. Every two weeks, we are highlighting 1-2 Levy programs and projects in this newsletter.
Levy to Move Seattle Program Spotlight
Program 1 - Safety Corridors
Our Levy to Move Seattle commitment: Complete 12-15 safety corridor projects on our highest-crash streets.
SDOT installing a 25 mph speed limit sign. As part of our work, we have been lowering speed limits on more than 90% of Seattle’s major streets to 25 mph or less.
To support Seattle’s Vision Zero goal of ending traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030, this program focuses on a network of streets with a history of serious injury and fatal crashes.
Since 2016, your Levy dollars have funded 21 projects across Seattle.
Recent projects include Rainier Ave S in 2019, 35th Ave SW in 2020, and 12th Ave S in 2021.
There are many strategies we are using to prevent serious injuries and traffic deaths on Seattle streets. In these Levy-funded safety projects, we make changes to streets such as:
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Lowering speed limits on more than 90% of Seattle’s major streets to 25 mph or less.
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Improving intersections by adding marked crosswalks, new pedestrian signals, and curb ramps.
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Upgrading to pedestrian-first walk signals at more than 400 signalized intersections (intersections with traffic signals).
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Adding hardened centerlines to slow speeds and increase safety at crosswalks. Hardened centerlines are small rubber barriers next to crosswalks. They require people driving to make slower, squarer left-hand turns. This change has been proven to slow down vehicle speeds at crosswalks and improve safety for people in the crosswalk.
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Building protected bike lanes, repairing sidewalks and building new sidewalks, and repaving roads in partnership with other Levy programs.
These projects are making a difference.
We redesigned the 1.5 mile stretch of NE 65th St between NE Ravenna Blvd and 39th Ave NE, and completed the project in 2019. After this project was completed, we collected data in 2019 and compared it to data from 2017 and earlier. We found:
Still, while we celebrate changes made to elevate community safety and support Seattle’s long-term Vision Zero initiative to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030, we acknowledge there’s more work to be done.
What would you like to see in these newsletters? Please tell us by emailing MoveSeattle@seattle.gov. See you in two weeks!
 Approved by voters in November 2015, the 9-year, $930 million Levy to Move Seattle (the Levy) provides 30% of Seattle’s transportation budget to improve safety for all travelers, maintain our streets and bridges, and invest in reliable, affordable travel options.
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