TCC staff campaigning for Keep Seattle Moving alongside NO on 2117 volunteers.

TCC staff campaigning for Keep Seattle Moving alongside NO on 2117 volunteers.


We know many of you are reeling from the results of last night’s election. However, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate two important wins for transportation: the defeat of Initiative 2117 and the passage of Seattle Proposition 1! 
As we grapple with the implications of federal election results, including what they may mean for transportation, we can take some heart from these victories at the state and local levels. 

Last night, Washington voters said “NO” to the deceptive and dangerous Initiative 2117. 

I-2117 would have ended protections for our air, water, forests, and farmland. It would have slashed $5.4 billion from Washington’s transportation budget, cutting funding for transit and paratransit service, fare-free transit for young people, and infrastructure that makes it safer to walk and bike in our communities.

Thankfully, Washingtonians fought back. Transportation Choices Coalition was proud to be one of more than 575 organizations that mobilized against I-2117. Together with environmental groups, firefighters, doctors, labor unions, Tribal Nations, farmers, and others, we stopped a grave threat to Washington’s future. Thank you to everyone who joined us in this fight and voted NO on I-2117!

In another momentous win, Seattle voters unequivocally passed a $1.55 billion transportation levy to invest in Seattle’s roads, bridges, sidewalks, and transit! 

The largest levy in Seattle’s history, this transportation levy will build on the success of the levy that expires this year. Over the next 8 years, it will help repave major corridors, making them safer for people walking, biking, and taking transit; it will build and repair sidewalks to make Seattle more accessible; it will connect people safely to our growing light rail network; and it will save lives on some of the most dangerous roads in Seattle. 

Big thanks to Mayor Harrell, the hardworking staff at the Seattle Department of Transportation, and the Seattle City Council, who helped craft an ambitious levy. Thank you to the Downtown Seattle Association, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Commute Seattle, for supporting the campaign to get the levy passed. And huge kudos and thanks go out to the incredible community organizations who pushed to make the levy better and mobilized volunteers to get out the vote, including Disability Rights Washington, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, MLK Labor, and Cascade Bicycle Club.

This levy will make a generational investment in safe streets, transit access, and sidewalks. We are immensely proud of and grateful for the entire Keep Seattle Moving campaign that made this win possible. 

Thank you for all the ways you’re helping to make the world a better place, starting right here in our state and local communities. 

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