Families and kids should be able to walk, run and bike to their local parks. But in many neighborhoods in Seattle, this isn't possible.

That's why the next Seattle parks levy should fund safe routes to parks that turn low-speed, low-traffic streets into park-like environments that are safe for families to walk and bike on.

Right now, a citizens advisory committee is drafting Seattle's next levy that will be on the ballot in the fall of 2014 and will fund new investments in our parks. 

That's why Cascade Bicycle Club is working with the Seattle Neighborhood greenways group to build a coalition of organizations to change this. We're calling for next year's city parks levy renewal to include $2 million a year to make routes to and through our parks safer --- especially in neighborhoods in the most need of safer streets and access to parks.

To show support, we'll be delivering a petition with hundreds --- maybe thousands --- of signatures at a key public hearing next Thursday, November 7.