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We need your help reshaping transportation in Seattle!
What have we learned from you so far?
Thank you to everyone who shared input and ideas with us during the first phase of engagement!
We are reviewing what you shared and identifying key themes to inform the planning process. We will share the Phase 1 Engagement Summary in the next month which will outline what we’ve heard so far. Sign up for Seattle Transportation Plan email updates to hear when we post this summary.
- Survey responses: 2,295
- Pins placed on our interactive map: 6,317 — Review what you and your neighbors shared!
- General comments: 336
- Community events: 44
- Meetings: 26
We have begun the second phase of community engagement!
We have completed our first round of community engagement, during which we asked you about your transportation needs and priorities. This helped us develop our collective vision for the future of Seattle’s transportation system.
During phase 2, we will share what we heard from you during phase 1 and show how your input is guiding the plan’s vision, goals, and objectives. Please share how you want to get around in the future and what actions you would like us to take.
We want to know:
- Do the Seattle Transportation Plan vision, goals, and objectives feel right to you?
- What future of transportation in Seattle do you want to see?
- What actions should we take to achieve our goals?
Phase 2 will run through December 31, 2022. We’ll begin the final phase of engagement in early 2023.
By taking part in the creation of the STP, you will help us build a transportation system that works better for everyone!
Review our vision, goals, and objectives
In Phase 1, you told us your vision for the future of transportation and we listened! The STP will be guided by our collective vision, goals, and objectives for how we build a transportation system that works better for everyone now and in the future.
Review our work and help us refine our vision, goals, and objectives!
Vision — What we want transportation in Seattle to look like in 20 years
These statements aim to reflect our vision for the future of transportation in Seattle.
Goals — What we need to do to achieve our vision
These six goals will help us make decisions about our transportation future. Your input will shape the final goals.
Safety
Create safe transportation environments and eliminate serious injuries and fatal crashes.
Equity
Eliminate transportation-related disparities and associated adverse community and health impacts.
Climate Action
Aggressively reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions to avert current and impending health, environmental, and economic consequences of the climate emergency.
Stewardship
Allocate public resources responsibly to improve and maintain a reliable transportation system, prioritizing those communities where the city has historically underinvested.
Mobility
Provide reliable and affordable travel options that enable people and goods to get where they need to go.
Livability
Create inviting streets and people places.
Do these goals feel right to you?
Objectives — How we will achieve our goals
Your input will help us turn these objectives into strategies and actions as the STP process continues.
Design, operate, and proactively maintain our streets and sidewalks to improve safety.
Create welcoming and accessible public places within our streets that foster a sense of belonging and celebrate culture and community.
Meet Seattle’s mobility and climate emergency needs by encouraging and providing multiple travel options that are zero-emission, healthy, affordable, high-quality, easy-to-use, and accessible.
Accelerate reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by reducing all vehicle trips and vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) and by electrifying trips that require a vehicle.
Make transit an attractive travel choice for a majority of trips, reliably transporting riders where they need to go.
Support the efficient, sustainable movement of goods and services through the design and management of our streets and curbs.
Increase investments and engagement in historically underinvested and displaced communities to acknowledge and address past harms and mitigate further displacement caused by transportation decision-making processes, designs, and investments.
Ensure the City’s transportation decisions and investments support the City’s overall growth strategy.
Address our complex transportation challenges and inequities with new approaches to maintenance, project prioritization, funding, community engagement, and transparency.
Do these objectives feel right to you?
Select the future you want to see
To achieve our vision and meet our transportation goals, we’ll need to drive less. To make that possible, we need to build a transportation system that gives everyone safe and efficient options to get around without a car. How we are able to get around Seattle in the future will determine if, and how quickly, we can achieve our transportation goals.
Consider these three “futures of transportation” for Seattle.
Future A
Stay the Course
- We incrementally change our transportation system
- We make progress towards our goals, but many remain out of reach
Is this the future you want to see?
Future B
Moderate Pace
- We accelerate changes to our transportation system
- Some of our goals may be within reach
Is this the future you want to see?
Future C
Rapid Progress
- We make transformational changes to our transportation system
- We are best positioned to achieve our goals
Is this the future you want to see?
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Future A — more details.
Future A assumes we don’t reimagine how we move around Seattle. This means a large amount of car travel and a slower transition to taking transit, walking, biking, and rolling. It also assumes a slower transition to electric vehicles. Progress towards achieving our transportation goals will occur at a slow pace and many goals will be out of reach.
Safety – Reducing traffic-related injuries and deaths is harder to achieve if our traffic volumes and speeds don’t lower over time.
Equity – The negative effects of traffic will continue to disproportionally impact communities of color, making a more equitable transportation system difficult to achieve.
Climate – The transportation sector contributes nearly 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Without electrification and reduced car travel, reaching our climate goals won’t be possible.
Stewardship – Maintaining our streets will become more expensive over time if we stay the course. Our roads and bridges worsen with the amount of use by cars and heavy vehicles.
Mobility – Prioritizing car travel will make it difficult to add travel options to connect people with opportunities.
Livability – The pace of creating new welcoming public spaces will be slow.
Future B — more details.
In Future B, we start to make changes to our transportation system and achieve our goals. That means more transportation options and less car traffic. This leads to an accelerated transition to transit, walking, biking, and rolling, as well as more electric vehicles. Progress towards achieving our goals will occur faster than Future A but slower than Future C. Progress will be made towards achieving our goals, but not all goals will be within reach.
Safety – Traffic-related injuries and deaths are reduced as traffic volumes and speeds decrease.
Equity – A more equitable transportation system is made possible. We begin to reduce traffic, improve safety, and increase travel options, especially for people that have been and continue to be impacted and underserved by the transportation system.
Climate – The transportation sector is responsible for nearly 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. A shift away from fossil fuels will make progress towards achieving our climate goal.
Stewardship – The deterioration of our roads and bridges is tied to the amount of traffic on them. Reducing traffic volumes begins to extend the useful life of our transportation system.
Mobility – Reducing reliance on cars makes room for additional travel options and better connects people with opportunities.
Livability – Getting around Seattle is more enjoyable and it is easier to connect to the places and people we care about.
Future C — more details.
Future C reimagines how we can move around Seattle. It assumes the fastest transition to taking transit, walking, biking, and rolling. It also supports a quick transition to electric vehicles. With future C, all our transportation goals are within reach and progress towards achieving them happens at the fastest pace.
Safety – The safest future for Seattle is possible through a significant reduction in car travel and improved travel options.
Equity – An equitable transportation system is made possible by rethinking how we support communities that have been disproportionally impacted and underserved. We reduce traffic, improve safety, and increase travel options, prioritizing the needs of people who continue to be underserved in the transportation system.
Climate – The transportation sector is responsible for nearly 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. A significant shift away from fossil fuels will support achieving our climate goal.
Stewardship – We invest in improving our existing roads and bridges. Reduced car traffic extends the useful life of our transportation system.
Mobility – We prioritize adding travel options that connect people with opportunities by reducing our reliance on cars.
Livability – Our quality of life is significantly improved when we accelerate progress towards achieving our transportation goals and all people experience benefits.
Tell us what actions you like
The Seattle Transportation Plan’s Menu of Actions
Based on what we’ve heard from you so far, we identified potential actions we can take to achieve our transportation goals. We’re calling these the Seattle Transportation Plan’s menu of actions. We would like your feedback on these potential actions as we continue to imagine how we want to move around the city in the future.
Scroll through these actions, click on the “heart” to tell us which ones you like, and respond to the questions to share how you want — or don’t want — these to be part of our transportation system.
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Leave a general comment
If you would like to provide a general comment on the Seattle Transportation Plan, please use this comment box.
Attend an upcoming event
Upcoming Virtual and In‑Person Engagement Opportunities
Meeting you where you are!
Find us at events around Seattle
We’ll be attending events to share information about what the STP is, answer questions about the process, and offer opportunities to engage. We look forward to connecting with you in your community!
- Lake City Farmers Market, October 6
The Lake City neighborhood farmers market happens every Thursday at NE 125th & 28th NE, from 3–7 pm. The STP team will be attending on October 6. Come stop by and talk with us! - STP Joint Workshop, September 27
We’re hosting our second joint workshop for the STP! This event will bring together representatives from a range of modal and planning boards to discuss potential actions the City could take to achieve our goals. We invite you to come listen to the conversation at Bertha Knight Landes in City Hall from 4–6pm. Please note that members of the public will not be able to participate in the conversation. Please RSVP by emailing STP@seattle.gov.
We will come to you!
Use this form to invite us to your events and meetings.
SDOT is committed to hosting engagement opportunities that are accessible and safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We will follow guidelines from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for in‑person events and provide virtual alternatives for engagement opportunities whenever possible.
Send us an email or call our voicemail line
Do you have questions, concerns, or comments about the Seattle Transportation Plan? Send us an email or leave a voicemail and we will get back to you.
Call our multi-language phone line and leave a message to share your feedback or ask a question. Leave a message in your preferred language and either our outreach team or an interpreter will call you back with answers to your questions.
Send us an email: STP@Seattle.gov
Call our voicemail line: 206-257-2114