Ideas for Seattle

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.

1. Top Ideas
2. Hot Ideas
3. New Ideas
4. Accepted Ideas 4
5. Completed Ideas 7

1. 0 votes

   Move/Combine the many duplicate ideas from "General" into their appropriate forum categories.

   People are piling votes onto ideas that are duplicates of others which are already in an appropriate category. Aren't these fora being moderated at all?

   by brizone in Other | 0 comments

   Status: completed
2. 1 votes

   Adjust printer programs on utility bills eliminating 2nd useless page

   It was a step forward when I no longer got an envelope in bills that are paid directly from my bank, but for years I've been hoping the second page with nothing on it but a restatement of my total bill could also be eliminated. Actually, bill notification by e-mail would be best...

   by Andrea Faste in Utilities | 0 comments

   Status: completed

   You can sign up for electronic billing at http://www.seattle.gov/util/ for Seattle Public Utilities and http://www.seattle.gov/light/accounts/onlinepayment.asp for Seattle City Light.

   April Thomas Admin
3. 2 votes

   Separate Forum Category for Urban Agriculture and/or Sustainability

   There seems to be enough interest in these topics; plus I wouldn't think to look/use in "General."

   Thanks in advance.

   by clayboy56 in Sustainability | 0 comments

   Status: completed

   Done!

   April Thomas Admin
4. 33 votes

   Request to be one of the test sites for Google's new ultra high speed internet.

   Seattle should request to be one of Google's test sites for their new, experimental 1Gigabit Fiber to the home network.
   Excerpt from their site
   (at http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi):
   "Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and fa... more

   Seattle should request to be one of Google's test sites for their new, experimental 1Gigabit Fiber to the home network.
   Excerpt from their site
   (at http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi):
   "Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds ... over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.
   From now until March 26th, we're asking interested municipalities to provide us with information about their communities through a Request for information (RFI), which we'll use to determine where to build our network."

   by Eric Shilling in Internet Infrastructure | 3 comments

   Status: completed

   The Mayor just issued a press release announcing the City's intention to respond to Google's Request for Information. The release can be found here: http://mayormcginn.seattle.gov/seattle-applies-for-google-fiber-for-communities/. Please continue to use Ideas for Seattle to engage with the Mayor's office - we're listening!

   April Thomas Admin
5. 287 votes

   Make This Site Official

   Make this site part of Seattle's official web site. This might encourage more people to participate. There should also be some system to prevent people from creating multiple accounts.

   by Keith Gillis in Gov 2.0 | 6 comments

   Status: completed

   It's official! Ideas for Seattle is linked to on seattle.gov here: http://seattle.gov/mayor/contact.htm

   April Thomas Admin
6. 1 votes

   you need a category for health and community wellness

   health should be as important as "arts and culture" and should have its own category.

   by sally james in Public Health | 1 comment

   Status: completed

   We added a Public Health category. Thanks for the suggestion!

   April Thomas Admin
7. 2 votes

   Put the bike ideas into the transportation section.

   The bike ideas in the "general" section really belong in the "transportation" discussion.

   by melissajonas in Other | 1 comment

   Status: completed

   Thanks for noticing -- we are moving them to Transportation. --Skye

   skye Admin