Transportation

City Programs and Services

• Clean and Green Fleet:
  • Fleets and Facilities - greening the City’s fleet of vehicles by reducing emissions and fuel use
  • Office of Sustainability and Environment - cleaner cars in the City fleet, anti-idling programs at City bridges and more help to improve air quality in the region
• Department of Executive Administration:
  • Promoting a Green Taxicab Fleet
• Department of Planning and Development:
  • Sidewalks Improvement Initiative - to expand and improve sidewalks into a safe, contiguous and geographically-appropriate pedestrian network - Seattle Department of Planning and Development
• Seattle Center
• Department of Transportation:
  • Bridging the Gap - A nine year, $365 million transportation levy to decrease maintenance backlog, keep four major projects moving forward and invest in transit service, bike trails, and sidewalks.
  • Building a Sustainable Transportation System - how Seattle is moving more people in fewer cars
  • Pedestrian Program - Walking is the oldest and most efficient, affordable, and environmentally-friendly form of transportation.
  • Pedestrian Master Plan - SDOT is drafting a Pedestrian Master Plan to encourage walking and minimize the number and severity of crashes.
  • Bicycle Program - A program establishing a bicycle network linking neighborhoods and activity centers, as well as providing connections with recreational and natural areas.
  • Bicycle Master Plan - A plan that prioritizes projects, emphasizes safety and helps us meet our goal of tripling the amount of bicycling in Seattle over the next decade.
  • Center City Parking Program - Strategies for accommodating off-street short-term parking that is easy to use, and encourages visitors and shoppers to come Downtown while freeing up on-street space to move people.

Regional Programs and Companies

• South Lake Union Streetcar - The streetcar connects one of Seattle’s fastest growing neighborhoods with Westlake, our retail core and a regional transportation hub.
• RapidRide - SDOT is making signal and road investments on the Ballard, West Seattle and Aurora corridors to support bus rapid service.
• Sound Transit Link Light Rail - Light rail operates from Downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac Airport and an extension to the University of Washington and ultimately Northgate is being built.
• In Motion - Save money, be part of the transportation solution and reduce stress! Help our City reduce one million miles of car trips.
• TransmitMan, a Heroic Commuter - artist Christian French transforms into a rogue superhero and commuter while artist-in-residence at Sound Transit
• Commute Seattle - Support programs ensuring an accessible and economically competitive Center City by working toward the goal of a six percent decrease in commuters driving alone by 2015.

Climate Protection Progress Report and Community GHG Inventory
Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were 7 percent below 1990 levels, meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol.

Town Square: Careers in the Green Tech Industry
A new industry is emerging, working on green technologies to provide us with alternative sources of energy and to help us consume energy more efficiently.

Seattle CAN Progress Reports
Progress reports details our accomplishments to date on reducing Seattle's carbon footprint.

Climate Action Outreach Toolkit for Cities
Climate action campaigns can be a fun, effective way to get your local community involved in making a difference to help stop climate change.

We Can Solve the Climate Crisis
The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection - a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by former Vice President Al Gore with the ultimate aim to halt global warming.

City Green Building
The City of Seattle is advancing a suite of new policy and program directions that will enable us to achieve the objectives of the Green Building Capital Initiative.