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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3 votes
Why not make the viaduct "tunnel" a ditch?
There is a ton of complexity to do with digging a tunnel next to the water front like the proposed plan, why not dig from the top down and make a two-tiered ditch? Seems like its worth considering at least. Could be feasible. I'm not a tunnel/traffic expert.
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3 votes
Immediately shut down the viaduct before assessing need
The city should advocate immediate shut down of the Alaskan Way Viaduct as a major public safety risk. Although a state road, it will be entirely upon the city to handle and manage the immediate effects of any catastrophic failure. In order to avoid such a risk, the city should advise an immediat... more
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3 votes
Raise the number of taxi medallions issued for the city
The city of Seattle currently only allows 200 taxis to operate in its borders (last time I checked the city code). For people who want to go carless, cab travel is a very valuable alternative to owning a car with a number of advantages: door to door transport, doesn't require parking, works for ... more
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2 votes
Houseboat races
Start boating season with houseboat races on Lake Washington
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3 votes
Turn Station 37 into a Fire Education Center
My idea is to re-store Station 37 in West Seattle and then turn it into a Fire Education Center & Muesum. It's main purpose would be to educate school age children on Fire & Life Saftey.
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1 votes
America’s Marine Highway
What about recharging the port and shipping sectors with the Fed's money?
The US Department of Transportation has released a plan to pump up interior and coastal shipping routes.
Seems to me this area already has much of the infrastructure for this type of development. Throw in some Federally f... more
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1 votes
Stop junk mail and flyering
So much paper is wasted by on unsolicited weekly supermarket circulars and unwanted flyers (some of which are put onto car windshields and end up as litter on the streets). By stopping these practicates, the city can decrease the amount of paper wasted and decrease the trash on the streets.
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1 votes
resolve incongruity betw gov't's attitude toward cars and gov't approach toward downtown residents
If the city's objective is to emphasize greater urban density, partly in order to significantly reduce the number of cars on the road, why don't the mayor and city council place the liivability of the Lower Queen Anne to the International District communities at a much higher level on the agenda?... more
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3 votes
Fix the Viaduct (99) instead of replace it! Will cost Billions less and won't disrupte traffic.
The tunnel will only create more problems with traffic than reduce it. With no on or off ramps to downtown, the exit at the end of the tunnel will backup with traffic thru the tunnel everyday of every hour. We can fix the viaduct and retrofit it for billions less and in this ecomony isn't that ... more
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37 votes
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3 votes
Use an underwater sunken tube tunnel routed west of our piers
Have we considered an underwater sunken tube tunnel such as used
on the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Maryland?
<http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Fort_McHenry_Tunnel.html#Sunken_Tube>If it could be built in our region, it would have less risk than tunneling under the city, would cost less, would... more
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3 votes
Tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct and DON'T rebuild it.
Sound crazy? Read this. http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/07/06/huh-4-cases-of-how-tearing-down-a-highway-can-relieve-traffic-jams-and-help-save-a-city/
Replacing it with a 2-lane both-ways tunnel will not only increase congestion, but is not a viable plan to deal with the growth of traffic... more
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1 votes
叶帆
我的名字是叶帆来自中国``嘿嘿
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2 votes
Increase Sounder departures from downtown to 3 times daily
Family members and other-than 9-5 jobs exist in the far reaches of the Seattle Sounder. I long for the days where I can hop a train to get to work in the afternoon or see my parents for dinner.
Next Step: Sounder station in Ballard
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3 votes
No Chihuly showcase in Seattle Center (should use some empty office space); KEXP+green space good id
Chihuly belongs in a different setting; and I find it offensive to consider Seattle Center. KEXP proposal is community-oriented and would attract people. There is not a profit motive. And the plan includes Green Space.
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2 votes
Unequivocally allow citizens to film police officers on duty.
Various municipalities in the country are arresting and citing citizens for filming on-duty police officers performing their duties in public spaces. Some places even prosecute under "wiretapping" statutes. Seattle should enact legislation to explicitly allow citizens to provide this ... more
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1 votes
Light the torch on the Space Needle for the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Center
I think it would be a great idea to light the torch on top of the Space Needle for the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Center. It hasn't been lit since the 60's and it would be nice to see again.
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2 votes
Cleaning City areas
The city has a planting strip on the ramp to Hwy99 S. at Fremont Wy N and adjacent to my house. I often weed the area and pick up litter. I think it would be great to assume this responsibility, with a waiver of City liability, for the cost of my own yard pick up. I could also do the large cir... more