Jan 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Clean + Just Transportation, Dispatch From Olympia, Health + Sustainability
A new evaluation tool could help the legislature make transparent spending decisions while developing the next transportation package. Washington is a step closer to ensuring transportation spending is accountable, predictable and helps us achieve goals that benefit...
Oct 26, 2020 | Access + Affordability, Fair Fares
Following years of local advocacy, as well as heightened scrutiny around enforcement practices by the movement for black lives, Sound Transit has announced a new approach to fare enforcement on public transit: the fare ambassador pilot program. The program will start...
Aug 13, 2020 | Access + Affordability
Transportation Choices Coalition believes that building an equitable transit system centered on riders must begin with understanding the needs of current and prospective riders. Too often, planning for transit focuses on total ridership and commute times to the...
Mar 16, 2020 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
Legislators found creative ways to keep transit funding whole for next year, and we started a big discussion about how to better achieve Transportation for All The 2020 legislative session closed Thursday, March 12, ending a 60-day sprint to pass a...