Apr 15, 2019 | Access + Affordability, Equitable Fare Enforcement
Photo of fare enforcement on RapidRide, courtesy of Bruce Englehardt/Seattle Transit Blog, used with permission. The past year has been one of operational and policy changes for transit in the Puget Sound region, many of which have touched how people pay fares...
Apr 9, 2019 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
What happened last week: Budget season. It’s budget season in Olympia and the House and Senate passed their 2019-2021 biennium transportation budget proposals out of their respective chambers last week and started negotiations on Friday. The two budget proposals are...
Apr 2, 2019 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
What happened last week: We’re working hard to bring the Block the Box legislation back. After HB 1793 didn’t make it out of its house of origin, we worked hard this week to pass the legislation through a budget proviso supported by Senator Nguyen and Senate Saldana....
Apr 1, 2019 | Transportation Choices
The election to save King County Metro is just 21 days away. Pierce Transit has been held up as an example by opponents of Proposition 1. Its funny, I’ll bet these transit haters have not been to Tacoma lately. I happen to live and do a lot of our work in Pierce...
Mar 25, 2019 | Advocacy, Dispatch From Olympia
What happened last week: Last week, legislators considered bills that made it to their chamber. On Tuesday, TCC testified in support of HB 1110, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard bill. The bill passed out of the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy, and Technology with...
