Welcome to Ideas For Seattle. Here you can contribute your ideas for the future of our city. You can also vote on existing ideas submitted by your fellow citizens.
To get started, simply choose a category from the list on the right. Then search to see if your idea has already been submitted. If it hasn't, you can then submit it for others to discuss or vote on.
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1,061 votes
Revitalize Pioneer Square
There is some talk that Elliott Bay Book Company may move to Capitol Hill. I love EBBC and would hate to see them move, but I wouldn’t blame them. If they move I blame the city which has allowed Pioneer Square to rot. Bremerton Mayor Cary Bozeman was right when he criticized Seattle for the ne... more
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776 votes
Install sidewalks throughout Seattle
Many Seattle streets do not have sidewalks or curbs installed, especially in south Seattle. Pedestrians, children, dogs and dog walkers, are forced to share the road with cars that go too fast and pay too little attention. For the safety and ascetics of neighborhoods throughout Seattle, a sidew... more
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323 votes
Support creation of minipower grids with solar/wind power for homeowners
City should provide technical expertise, low cost loans for installation of solar panels, so users could sell power back to the grid when they have an excess.
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319 votes
SIDEWALKS SIDEWALKS SIDEWALKS !
Get our neighborhoods outfitted with Sidewalks for walking routes. You obviously can sidewalk everywhere, but have steady, gradual improvements with new major walking routes identified by groups like FEET FIRST set up with sidewalks every year. Quadruple the funding for this.
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268 votes
Clean-up Chinatown/International District
I love going down to the "ID", which is really comprised of Chinatown, Little Saigon and Japantown. Seattle has one of the best and largest Chinatown's in the US. Most other ones in the US are going downhill quickly.
Our ID celebrates our very diverse Asian culture here in the US. T... more
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176 votes
Incentives for locally owned businesses
Lets incentive-ize locally owned shops, restaurants, and businesses
Create city wide ordinances to limit sineage (ever been to Hawaii's north shore to see the mini 76 ball and tiny golden arches?)
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163 votes
Increase pedestrian safety by lowering speed limits
Chance of fatality at 40 mph: 85%, chance of fatality at 20 mph: 5%. We need to lower the speed limit on neighborhood arterials.
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142 votes
Clean up Pioneer Square
The Elliot Bay Bookstore closing isn't about book sales, it's about the decay of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. To fix:
* Close down the Saveway minimart
* Encourage the missions to relocate. They do good work but should they be one of the most beautiful and historical neighborhoods of Seattle... more -
136 votes
Listen to neighborhood councils
Most neighborhoods have at least one group that meets regularly to discuss safety, transportation, parking, etc.
There should be at least a couple of people at the City who are responsible for reading the minutes of these meetings and following up with Council concerns. A designated point of co... more
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136 votes
Develop neighborhood bike arterials
Make it so more people can get around within a couple of miles of home without getting into their cars. Designate certain non-arterial streets within neighborhoods for bikes. Restrict parking to one side of the street and stripe a bike lane on the other side. Follow Eugene's lead and make fewe... more
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132 votes
More and better neighborhood parks
We need more parks and parks with a wide variety of programed and unprogramed activities. These need to be out in the neighborhoods, particularly those that have seen a large increase in density.
Also look into innovative micro-park ideas like the Bell Street park or even green street edges which... more -
75 votes
Expand P-Patch Program (more urban agriculture)
Expand the existing p-patch program to establish and support more community gardens AND to establish and support in-city farm spaces, where people can rent plots and grow food for use by or sale to restaurants or sale at local farmer's markets.
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66 votes
Create "safe, well-lit" communities
Bring together green jobs, public safety and neighborhood leaders to put youth to work (for pay) and clean up neighborhoods that need it most.
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44 votes
Create Interactive, Online "Seattle To-Do List" to help our Volunteers Self-Organize
Building on ideas like those of Clay Shirky http://bit.ly/dmmVu , employed by the Obama Campaign to great success and using technologies we already have like the Voter Activation Network, Seattle can create the best, smartest volunteer network in America.
We have the tools. We have the talent. ... more
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37 votes
Volunteers
Bellevue makes use of thousands of hours of skilled volunteer time every year to deliver municipal services. This has two key benefits: (1) it enables the City to provide a more comprehensive range of services at a lower cost to taxpayers; and (2) it fosters a strong sense of civic ownership an... more
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31 votes
Increase Recycle Bin in Parks
Increase Recycle Bin in Parks
Install more recycle bins in public parks and pubic spaces.
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31 votes
PICKLEBALL on the Maple Leaf Reservoir
The Maple Leaf Reservoir is being capped and we have the opportunity to put a pickleball court on the reservoir.
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28 votes
Composting toilets everywhere!
Seattle needs more public toilets and composting toilets are an affordable, eco-friendly, simple, odorless and low-maintenance solution.
According to Wikipedia, "composting toilets are often used as an alternative to central wastewater treatment plants (sewers) or septic systems. Typically ... more