Levy to Move Seattle

Updated: April 2024

Draft Transportation Levy Proposal: Mayor Harrell collaborated with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to develop an 8-year, $1.35 billion draft transportation levy proposal to replace the existing Levy to Move Seattle expiring this year. Read more here.

The draft proposal is based on the Mayor’s One Seattle initiative and the Seattle Transportation Plan (STP). Later this spring, the Mayor will finalize the Seattle Transportation Levy Proposal and send it to the City Council for consideration.

About the Levy to Move Seattle

We are delivering on our commitments to voters outlined in the 2015 Levy Ordinance and the 2018 Updated Workplan Report.

Thanks to the Levy, we are keeping you moving more safely and smoothly and giving you options to travel. Your Levy dollars have helped us transform major arterial streets to make them safer and more community-friendly, and install fresh pavement on our roads. Each year, Seattle’s bridges are stronger, crossing the street is safer, taking the bus is easier, and biking around town is more accessible.

You can continue to trust us to create an equitable transportation system that provides safe, dependable, affordable access to places and opportunities.

Background

Approved by voters in November 2015, the 9-year, $930 million Levy to Move Seattle provides funding to improve safety for all travelers, maintain our streets and bridges, and invest in reliable, affordable travel options for a growing city.

The levy provides roughly 30% of the City's transportation budget and replaces the 9-year, $365 million Bridging the Gap levy approved by voters in 2006.

The levy aims to take care of the basics, while also investing in the future with improvements to move more people and goods in and around a growing Seattle.

Thank you, Levy Oversight Committee

An oversight committee made up of Seattle residents, appointed by the Mayor and City Council monitors levy expenses and revenues, reviews program and project priorities, and makes recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on how to spend levy proceeds.

Our commitment to transparency and accountability includes working closely with the Levy Oversight Committee. SDOT appreciates the time and service the Committee’s volunteers dedicate to Levy oversight.

See materials from the Levy Oversight Committee meetings here.

Keeping track of Levy progress

We are committed to clear and transparent reporting on transportation projects funded by the Levy to Move Seattle.  Levy reports and the Levy dashboard are important tools for you to monitor Levy progress. Here are the reports we produce each year, which are also available on the Materials page.

• Planned Accomplishments and Spend Plan: Published in late Q1 of each year
• Quarterly Reports: Published on May 15, August 15, and November 15 each year
• Annual Reports: Published on March 30 of the following year
• Levy dashboard: Updated quarterly with data for all Levy programs. Below are three short video tutorials showing how to use the Levy dashboard.
  • Part 1: Basic Tutorial
  • Part 2: Program Deep Dive
  • Part 3: Financial Summary and Life-to-Date Reporting