Streets link our neighborhoods, and define the character and quality of life of each block.
The guidebook was prepared to help Seattle implement its 1994 Comprehensive Plan's goals of discouraging urban sprawl, promoting resource-efficient land use, and protecting the region's natural resources. The plan includes a strategy for focusing future development and growth in areas that are best equipped to accommodate it - areas that have the existing zoning capacities, services, and infrastructure. The guidebook helps community residents better understand these issues, identify opportunities, and recommend changes to streets as part of their neighborhood's planning process. Tips on where to find funding. Information about the city departments with whom residents must work to see their plans implemented.