Feb 13, 2020 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
Did you know most of Washington State’s transportation investments are currently decided without any clearly defined goals and metrics? This selection process can lead to unfair and inequitable outcomes, such as increased air pollution and induced demand that...
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...
Feb 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
This week marks the halfway point of the short 2020 session. Last Friday was the first policy cutoff, so bills that did not pass from policy committees in their House of Origin are likely dead. What happened last week: Sound Transit Defense On Tuesday the Senate...
Feb 3, 2020 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
Dispatch from Olympia: HB 1793 Passes the House & Sound Transit Defense We’ve been busy attending hearings, testifying and tracking new bills as they drop. The first of many key deadlines to keep bills moving is policy cut off on February 7th. This means bills...
Jan 30, 2020 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia, Transportation Choices
Sound Transit Funding is Again at Risk in Olympia Funding for Sound Transit projects is again under attack. Several negative bills are up for hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 3:30 p.m. in the Senate Transportation Committee, and Transportation Choices Coalition and...
