Transportation Committee Records
Scope and Contents note
Committee calendars including issues under consideration and committee action. Files contain correspondence, personal notes, staff memoranda, testimony, and draft legislation. Records relate to all transportation and traffic issues affecting Seattle and requiring City Council attention.
Dates
- Creation: 1976-1991
Creator
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Biographical Note
Benson was elected to City Council in 1974 and served five terms until his retirement in 1994. During the final two years of his tenure he was Council President. He was particularly active in the reestablishment of electric trolleys in Seattle and development of the Waterfront Trolley. He chaired four committees during his incumbency, including Transportation (1974-1977, 1982-1987, and 1990-1991), Recreation and Community Services (1978-1981), Environmental Management (1988-1989), and Labor (1992-1993).
Full Extent
5.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement note
Chronologically by meeting date.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
- Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council. Transportation Committee (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Arterials
- Bicycle trails -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Downtown Transit Planning
- Interstate 90 Community Survey Project
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
- Mercer Street (Seattle, Wash.)
- Skybridges
- Streets
- Traffic
- Transportation
- University District Transportation Planning
- Waterfront Streetcar (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Guide to the Transportation Committee Records 1976-1991
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository