Walkability Wins Half Twenty-4: 2023 Election Spherical Up!
A brand new roundup of Walkability Wins. This week we’re showcasing the motion by highlighting extra locations throughout the nation advancing pedestrian-friendly agendas.
Austin, Texas
The Austin Metropolis Council voted to get rid of parking minimums, making Austin the most important U.S. metropolis to take action. The brand new improvement will not require obligatory parking, which drives up development prices and allows automotive dependency. Metropolis officers count on this may incentivize the shift to different transportation choices and remodel parking into facilities, like inexperienced areas and housing, for Austin residents.
Seattle, Washington
Two-thirds of the town voters accepted the continuation and enlargement of the Seattle Housing Levy, a win for reasonably priced housing within the metropolis! The levy will assist the development of reasonably priced rental houses and homeownership developments, rental help, renovations for current houses, companies in backed housing, and wage boosts for front-line workers who work in supportive housing.
Houston, Texas
Houston voters help Proposition B, which implies Houston will negotiate for population-proportional illustration within the Houston-Galveston Space Council, the area’s planning company that distributes tens of millions of {dollars} in federal funding. Because of its inhabitants, this could give Houston a bigger voice in transportation and different native authorities decision-making. If negotiations fail, the town should pull out of the H-GAC.
Kansas Metropolis, Missouri
A win for public buses in Kansas Metropolis! Voters accepted the renewal of a 3/eighth cent tax over the subsequent 10 years for funding that may solely be used to function, keep, develop, and enhance Kansas Metropolis’s bus system. The buses in KC have been free since 2019.
Boulder, Colorado
Voters in Boulder overwhelmingly help extending levies for reasonably priced housing and open house lands. The reasonably priced housing tax funds not solely current and extra reasonably priced and attainable housing but in addition supportive companies inside Boulder County. The Open house tax is used for buying, bettering, and sustaining open house, together with path connections.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A tax on mansions to fund reasonably priced housing has been accepted by Santa Fe voters. This tax can be imposed on property gross sales of $1 million or extra. The income from the tax will assist low-income consumers with down-payment help and rental help for these going through monetary hardship and evictions.
Northeast Ohio
A win for the outside and walkability in Northeast Ohio! Voters confirmed help for environmental levies within the area to advertise entry and conservation of the outside. In Portage County, the levy will generate greater than $4.5 million to fund the Portage Park District’s continued upkeep, enlargement, and conservation efforts. In Lorain County, the levy will fund the Lorain County Metro Parks. In Cuyahoga County, the levy will help leisure trails and sidewalks that can enhance walkability alongside main thoroughfares of the Metropolis of Pepper Pike.
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