Jul 26, 2017 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia, Transportation Choices
Posted by Carla Chavez at Jul 26, 2017 07:29 PM | Permalink The third and final 30-day special session concluded last Thursday, July 20th. The only outstanding item the legislature was expected to take up during this special session was passing a capital budget, which...
Jul 19, 2017 | About TCC, Transportation Choices
Posted by Hester Serebrin at Jul 19, 2017 09:16 PM | Permalink The following is a guest post from our new summer intern, Dayanne: Hello, my name is Dayanne Carranza and I will be joining Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC) this summer as an intern. Throughout my...
Jul 12, 2017 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia, Transportation Choices
Last year, Transportation Choices Coalition led the winning Sound Transit 3 campaign to expand the Sound Transit light rail, commuter rail, and regional express system. This measure was strongly approved by 54% of the region after several years of extensive public...
Jul 3, 2017 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia, Transportation Choices
Posted by Carla Chavez at Jul 03, 2017 07:31 PM | Permalink Late Friday evening the legislature passed a $43.7 billion operating budget for 2017-2019, barely meeting the constitutional June 30 deadline and narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The biggest sticking...
Jul 2, 2017 | Transportation Choices
2017 has brought new uncertainty to the future of transit in our region — at the federal level, the new administration has been threatening deep cuts to previously planned transit funding, and at the state level, the Legislature tried repeatedly to stall...
