Jan 18, 2022 | Transportation Choices
The Washington State Legislature’s 2022 all-remote session kicked off last week, and hearings got under way for many of the issues legislators will consider this session. Between now and the end of session in March, we’ll be advocating for bills in seven priority...
Jan 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
The Washington State Legislature’s 2022 session kicks off next Monday, January 10. This year’s session is a short one, just 60 days, and will continue to be largely remote (see the House Covid-19 Operations and Senate Covid-19 Operations plans for more details). That...
Dec 16, 2021 | Affordable Housing + Transit, Long-Range Planning - Puget Sound Regional Council, Racial Equity
Every year the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) distributes millions of dollars in funding to communities in the Puget Sound region to build new infrastructure projects. PSRC decides which projects should get funded based on something called the Project Selection...
Dec 9, 2021 | Dispatch From Olympia
Earlier today members of the Senate Transportation Committee announced that Senator Marko Liias will serve as the next chair of the committee. Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition, expressed the following response: “Senator Liias has...
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...