Mar 12, 2013 | Transportation Choices
Mark your calendars, bus riders! Monday, March 18th, is Bus Driver Appreciation Day. What is Bus Driver Appreciation Day, you ask? It’s a holiday (started by a couple of Seattle bus riders in 2009) set aside to acknowledge, celebrate, and otherwise lift up all the...
Mar 11, 2013 | Transportation Choices
Today, a countywide coalition–made up of business, labor, education, and advocacy groups–called for Olympia to take action on essential local and statewide transportation funding. From the press release: “We’ve significantly reduced Metro’s labor,...
Mar 1, 2013 | Transportation Choices
Six weeks of the legislative session are finished and now things are beginning to heat up!. Several key bills that will save transit and invest in walking and biking are gaining traction. It’s now that we need you to tune in, pay attention, and stand up to make sure...
Feb 26, 2013 | Transportation Choices
Today, former Transportation Choices executive director and newly elected 46th district representative, Jessyn Farrell, introduced HB 1959, a bill that would authorize local funding options for transit agencies. “With more commuters than ever choosing public transit...
Feb 22, 2013 | Transportation Choices
As you may have heard, House Transportation Chair Rep. Judy Clibborn has released a transportation package for consideration in 2013 Legislative Session. This $10 Billion package seeks to raise new revenue to pay for road projects, maintenance and operations,...
