Ride for Safe Streets

[dunnkld]

Send a message to the Mayor and City Council that we want safe streets for everyone, not just those people driving motorized vehicles. Join us at City Hall Plaza from 1-3 pm this Sunday, June 16th to walk or roll in a march/ride for safer spaces in the right-of-way for people walking, taking public transportation and wheeling (bikes, wheelchairs, skates, skateboards, scooters, etc.). We need more funding and action to create streets and sidewalks that are safer for the most vulnerable street users. Ride4SafeStreets.org

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[Graciano]

So who should pay for this, My thought is make the bicyclist pay a yearly tax to ride in Seattle.

Want to explain why 99% of the people should pay for the >1%…

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[skeeter]

Hello Graciano,

Good news — the bicyclists already pay the taxes! The majority of bicycle facilities are being paid for out of the Levy to Move Seattle which voters passed in 2016. The Levy is funded by property taxes. I’m a bicyclist and I also pay property taxes.

Keep in mind — the biggest beneficiary of improved bicycle facilities are car drivers. Just imagine how much worse the car commute would be if the 1,200 (often more) bicyclists crossing the West Seattle Bridge each day were in a single occupancy car!

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