Seattle seeks more transportation funding just two years into record $1.5B levy

(The Center Square) – Seattle is already looking for ways to generate more transportation funding, just two years after voters approved a $1.55 billion property tax, the largest transportation levy in city history.​

The Seattle Department of Transportation published applications online for the Transportation Funding Task Force this week. The initiative is supported by $1.5 million to $2 million in funding from the 2024 transportation levy, which started at a rate of 65 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value in 2025.

The eight-year levy currently amounts to about $522 in annual taxes for a home valued at $804,000.​

The new task force will focus on identifying additional funding for what voters told SDOT was their top priorities when they passed the levy, add...