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SidewalksHuge tracts of Seattle lack sidewalks. This lack is a safety issue (unsafe to walk amid traffic), a health issue (in this age of obesity), and and an environmental issue (when people have to drive instead). Sidewalks are also a part of basic city infrastructure that much of Seattle lacks. What will you do to ensure there will be a high level of sustained funding for pedestrian improvements over the next decade, and how does you approach to this problem set you apart from your opponent?
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featuredBeing able to walk down your street safely is a right, not a luxury. The city must make sidewalks a real priority - not simply something to talk about at election time.
I support maintaining the employee head tax, which provides about $4 million dollars a year that can go toward pedestrian improvements. My opponent supports repealing this tax, so I am not sure what his plan is to fund sidewalks.
Before we embark on massive transportation projects such as building a multi billion dollar tunnel, we need to have a financing plan in place to ensure that all city residents will have sidewalks.
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featuredThere are a couple basic issues here. First and foremost; promises made must be promises kept. It is more than 50-years since many neighborhoods were promised sidewalks. Seattle has failed to keep this promise; shame on us. It must be a City priority to make good on this promise, and I will do so.
Beyond keeping a promise, sidewalks matter because they are a key part of building neighborhoods and connecting neighbors. Sidewalks allow people to walk more safely, children to roam the neighborhood more safely and create a stronger culture in the neighborhoods.
Mike O’Brien and I differ significantly in our approach to neighborhoods. One of my top three campaign priorities is returning power to neighborhoods. The example I use of how I would accomplish this is to have decisions regarding installation of parking meters in neighborhood business districts made by the neighborhoods themselves and not by City Hall.
If the neighborhood business district takes parking meters, my plan would have the neighborhood keeping some portion of the revenue from those parking meters to allow them to shape their neighborhood identity consistent with their own vision, not something imposed by central planning.
Sidewalks are a different issue in that the City is responsible for paying for them. But my perspective is consistent here, that the neighborhood should have significant input and influence over their look and feel.
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