Peter Steinbrueck

Peter Steinbrueck

Peter Steinbrueck was a member of the Seattle City Council. First elected to the council in 1997, he served three terms through 2007. Steinbrueck served as president of the council during 2002 and 2003. In his later years on the Council, he was chair of the Urban Development and Planning Committee and vice Chair of the Transportation Committee.

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, USA, Steinbrueck is the son of noted architect Victor Steinbrueck. Peter Steinbrueck received his B.A. from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and his Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) from the University of Washington, although he is not currently practicing.

Steinbrueck is a member of American Institute of Architects, and in 2006, he was inducted into its College of Fellows (FAIA). In 1999, Steinbrueck won the Young Architect Award from the American Institute of Architects for public policy affecting housing, homelessness, civic design, historic preservation, and the environment. In 2001 he received the Public Policy Award from the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Steinbrueck is also a member of the Real Change Advisory Committee [cite web|title=Advisory Committee|url=http://realchange.wikispaces.com/Advisory+Committee|author=Freeman, Anitra|pub=Real Change Wikispace|date=2007-03-09|accessdate=2007-06-12] .

He received a "Schrammie", KOMO TV commentator Ken Schram's bobblehead "badge of shame," for his advocacy of congestion pricing and highway tolling in the Seattle area. cite news|url=http://www.komotv.com/features/kenschram/7193621.html|author=Schram, Ken|title=The Schrammie: How many public pockets can Peter pick?|publisher=KOMO-TV|accessdate=2007-06-12] .

Steinbrueck initially opposed the Seattle Monorail Project, but then changed his position after seeing the recently-completed Las Vegas Monorail perform test runscite news|url=http://www.cityofseattle.net/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=4332&Dept=28|title=Steinbrueck Details Lessons Learned from Visit to Las Vegas Monorail|date=2004-05-17|author=Steinbrueck, Peter|publisher=Seattle City Council] . The Seattle project was publicly voted down in 2005.

Steinbrueck was also a foe of the March 2007 vote to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, urging Seattleites to vote "no" on both the new viaduct and tunnel options. He also opposes the expansion plan for Route 520 through Portage Baycite news|title=Seattle officials back 520 plan foes|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2002194291_520bridge02m.html|date=2005-03-02|accessdate=2007-06-11|publisher="Seattle Times"|author=Lindblom, Mike] . In 2007, Steinbrueck announced he would not seek a fourth term in the 2007 election [cite news|author=Barnett, Erica C.|publisher="The Stranger"|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=167298|title=At Large: Steinbrueck Will Leave Office to Campaign for Waterfront|date=February 27, 2007|accessdate=2007-06-11] , opting instead to devote his time to the development of a "surface transit" option for Route 99 through Seattle.

After stepping down from Seattle City Council at the end of 2007, Steinbrueck opened a consulting business, Steinbrueck Urban Strategies LLC.

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