May 15, 2013 | Transportation Choices
As the average number of miles driven by Americans heads into its eighth year of decline, a new report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund, finds that the slowdown in driving is likely to continue. Major demographic shifts are likely to depress driving levels for decades,...
May 10, 2013 | Transportation Choices
It’s time to Save Metro. Funding for Metro has been a series of stopgap, temporary, or volatile measures for as long as most of us can remember. Metro depends heavily on revenues from sales tax, which plummeted with the recession, and we’ve been struggling...
May 1, 2013 | Transportation Choices
On this gorgeous spring day, a day when our mountain is “out,” I am pleased to announce (a little later than planned) the spring, 2013, Books on the Bus selection: Bruce Barcott’s love letter to Tahoma, The Measure of a Mountain. Here’s a taste...
Apr 29, 2013 | Transportation Choices
If the beautiful spring weather we’ve been having isn’t enough to make you want to ditch your keys and grab your helmet, May is Bike Month! Whether you are a regular bike commuter or it’s your first time on two wheels, there are plenty of activities across the region....
Apr 12, 2013 | Transportation Choices
Think traffic is bad now? It’s going to be far worse when tens of thousands of bus riders in the central Puget Sound see their buses cut, forcing them back into a car to drive to work. And worse than traffic, what about the thousands of Washingtonians who will...
