Halloween Safety Tips from SPD

Halloween Safety Tips

It’s that time again! Check out safety tips for keeping your kids safe on the Seattle Police Deptartment Web site:

http://www.seattle.gov/police/prevention/Seasonal/halloween.htm

It is also important to ensure that your home is safe and accessible to trick-or-treaters. As adults there are some very simple things we can do to make the evening safe for everyone:

Turn [...]

Sidewalks (and the need for funding)

This coming Wednesday, December 2nd, North District Council will be hearing sidewalk proposals from neighbors in Cedar Park, Jackson Park, Lake City, Maple Leaf, Meadowbrook, Olympic Hills, Pinehurst and Victory Heights. There are over 20 projects that neighbors have submitted for funding consideration. Each neighborhood has picked their top one to three projects. The council [...]

New members sought for the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board – Application deadline is December 16th

Help shape Seattle’s future as the most walkable city in the nation

Three volunteers are being sought to serve on the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board. Residents are invited to apply to serve on a volunteer committee that plays an influential role in implementing Seattle’s Pedestrian Master Plan. The board advises the mayor and City Council, [...]

2009 Holiday Pedestrian Safety Campaign – event this Saturday

Come to Pacific Place Mall in downtown Seattle this Saturday, November 21, at 2:30 p.m., for the launch of the 2009 Holiday Pedestrian Safety Campaign!

Following a “safety fair” with bags and stencils for the kids (beginning at 1:30 p.m.), MC Penny LeGate of KIRO-TV will introduce the campaign as well as speakers from Seattle [...]

Action needed! Contact City Council and the Mayor, re: "Don’t Lose Your Head Tax" by August 20th

Recently, Councilmembers Burgess and Conlin and Mayor Nickels proposed repealing the “Head Tax” (aka “Employee Hours Tax”). This tax costs businesses, on average, only $91 for an entire year and only taxes employees who drive by themselves to work. Some have suggested it should be called a “Wheel tax” or “SOV tax” instead.

This funding, [...]

Great City: "Head Tax" Brownbag Lunch, Thursday, August 13th

“Head Tax” Brownbag LunchThursday, August 13th12:00 – 1:30 pmGGLO Space at the Steps1301 First Ave, Level AEnter through door located about ¼ of the way down the Harbor Steps

Please join Great City as we discuss the recently proposed repeal of the “head tax” with City Councilmember Tim Burgess, Rebecca Deehr, and Renee Staton. The [...]

Save neighborhood pedestrian and bicycle funding

You may have heard about discussions that are happening in Seattle regarding the possible repeal of the Employee Hours Tax that is also known as the “Head Tax”. This is a $25 per employee per year tax to employers for each employee who drives alone to work. The “Head Tax” does not apply for employees [...]

The Seattle "Head Tax" and bike/pedestrian infrastructure

Sustainability advocates in Seattle have been uniting in an effort to ask Council and the Mayor to retain the “head tax”, a $25 per employee per year tax on employees who drive alone to work. The Downtown Seattle Association and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce have been lobbying Council for the past few years [...]

Pedestrian Master Plan Comment Period Extended to June 26th

The comment period for Seattle’s draft Pedestrian Master Plan has been extended to Friday, June 26, 2009.

The plan is a web-based plan, available at http://www.seattle.gov/mostwalkablecity.htm. A hard copy of the plan is also available in the Seattle Room of the Central Library (1000 Fourth Ave.).

Comments on the plan may be made: through [...]