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Department of Policy, Planning and Government Affairs
The Department of Policy, Planning and Government Affairs includes our commute and advocacy work.
Our Policy work focuses on making roadways and trails more accessible, safe and convenient for bicycling. Examples include our work on local complete streets ordinances, our state legislative agenda and our legal action on the Burke-Gilman Trail and PSRC's Transportation 2040 plan. Our work also includes campaigns at all levels, including major local campaigns like Streets for All Seattle, the Northgate station of Soundlink, work around Seattle's Bike Master Plan Update, our state legislative agenda, and our work on the federal transportation funding.
Our Planning work concentrates on helping cities and counties craft new or better bicycle master plans, nonmotorized plans and comprehensive plans. We develop guides and train city staff and community members in cities around the region. We also perform research and write reports like the Seattle and Puget Sound Bicycle Report Cards, help conduct bicycle counts locally and statewide and run Bikewise.org. Our planning work also works in concert with our policy arm to ensure both small and large infrastructure projects take bicycle connectivity, safety and good engineering into account.
Our Government Affairs work encompasses our work with businesses and agencies like BizCycle, our best practices guide and bike-friendly business certification system, Bike Business Forum, and Bike Month and our work at all levels of government to educate our elected leaders on our issues.
Our political program, such as endorsements, lobbying and our legislative scorecard, helps hold our elected officials accountable for creating good bicycle policies.
BikePAC is a related political action committee. It gives funds directly to pro-bicycle candidates running for office because without the right people in office, so much of our work would not be possible.
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