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Seattle council approves downtown digital kiosks despite safety, advertising concerns
Summary
The Seattle City Council on June 24 approved Council Bill 120992 to allow interactive digital kiosks in downtown and participating business improvement areas; supporters cited visitor wayfinding, ADA access and revenue for BIAs, while opponents raised concerns about sign-code exceptions, driver distraction and commercial advertising.
The Seattle City Council voted 6-2 on June 24 to approve Council Bill 120992, authorizing the Downtown Seattle Association to install, maintain and operate interactive digital kiosks in the public right-of-way in downtown and participating business improvement areas under a long-term term permit and memorandum of understanding.
Council members and supporters said the kiosks will provide multilingual, ADA-accessible wayfinding, free Wi-Fi and public-safety features and will generate revenue for business improvement areas at no cost to the city. "These kiosks will really help to provide real time, multi lingual, ADA accessible information to help visitors navigate, explore neighborhoods, and support local businesses," said…
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