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Olympia Update- Week 4
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Carrie Dolwick
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Jan 27, 2012 11:40 AM
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TCC had an exciting week in Olympia.
One of TCC’s priority bills, HB 1700- safe and flexible street design, passed out of the House and is on its way to the Senate. We negotiated a vehicle car sharing bill that passed out of the House committee (and had a great Senate hearing). Next up, a vote by the full house. We testified for more balanced funding in hearings on the Governor’s transportation revenue package. We celebrated a great hearing on a bill to add health to our state transportation goals. This bill has another week to move out of the House transportation committee.
TCC had an exciting week in Olympia.
- One of TCC’s priority bills, HB 1700- safe and flexible street design, passed out of the House and is on its way to the Senate.
- We negotiated a vehicle car sharing bill that passed out of the House committee (and had a great Senate hearing). Next up, a vote by the full house.
- We testified for more balanced funding in hearings on the Governor’s transportation revenue package.
- We celebrated a great hearing on a bill to add health to our state transportation goals. This bill has another week to move out of the House transportation committee.
There are many transportation related bills that we are closely tracking. This week, nine bills to attack Sound Transit were introduced, and we are working hard to make sure these do not get any traction in Olympia.
We are also tracking bills that amend the transportation benefit district, amend state transportation planning, proposes a taskforce on VMT pricing, and many others.
Here are some key hearings coming up next week.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3:30 pm House Transportation HB 2659 - Modifying certain provisions regarding transportation benefit districts. 3:30 pm Senate Transportation SB 6451 - Modifying certain provisions regarding transportation benefit districts |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:30 pm House Transportation House Hearing Rm B Public Hearing: HB 2704 - Creating a road user future funding task force.
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Thank you for letting us know about HB 2704,the road user future funding task force, as it looks like that will look into vehicle miles traveled fees. I hope you will give us an update on that one also.