Sep 5, 2023 | Sound Transit Planning, Transportation Choices
OverviewTransportation Choices has worked for three decades supporting transit agency funding measures and the delivery of voter-approved projects. At Sound Transit, we championed the Sound Transit 3 “ST3” measure in 2016, which passed with 54% support across the...
Aug 9, 2023 | Transportation Choices
OverviewOne of Transportation Choices’ key strategic goals (from our soon-to-be-released updated strategic plan!) is to support local funding initiatives that prioritize safety, carbon-neutral multimodal investments, and transit service. Until we have ongoing...
Jan 20, 2022 | Access + Affordability, Racial Equity
In the 1920s, automotive companies introduced the term “jaywalking” as part of their effort to shift the blame for pedestrian deaths from drivers to walkers. Today, jaywalking laws are used to disproportionately ticket and search BIPOC community members, while failing...
Dec 8, 2021 | RapidRide/Metro Connects Plan
A 2019 meeting of the King County Metro Equity Cabinet. King County Council voted this week to put the Cabinet’s Mobility Framework into action. Photo via King County Metro. On December 7, King County Council voted unanimously to put a series of groundbreaking...
Feb 12, 2020 | Access + Affordability, Equitable Fare Enforcement
About one year after King County Metro launched changes to its enforcement policies and procedures – notably reducing fines, providing alternative pathways for resolution, taking citations out of the court system, and most importantly, emphasizing connecting people...