For the first time ever, data on police stops for jaywalking in Washington state conclusively shows what many people have understood for years: Jaywalking enforcement disproportionately impacts our Black and unhoused community members. Black pedestrians are stopped by...
Dispatch From Olympia
In Olympia we work with state legislative champions to pass policies and protect and grow investments for transit, walking and biking across the state. We bring together environmental, social justice and health partners to ensure policies are holistic and equitable. Major priorities include growing the multimodal account, supporting transit agencies and ensuring an equity lens is used for transportation policy development.
Olympia Dispatch – Cutoff Approaching: Lots of Hearings- Week of Feb. 6, 2023
If you missed our amazing partners speak on equitable mobility last week, fret not! You can watch or listen to the Transit Talk recording here. One of the speakers, Anwar Peace from the Human Rights Commission in Spokane, also recently published a powerful piece on...
Olympia Dispatch – Hearings: Wrong on Red/TOD – Week of Jan. 30, 2023
We're nearing the end of this session's first month! That means we having something looming: the first and second cut-off dates for bills to get out of their Committees (Feb. 16 and 24).Reminder: Our 2023 Week of Action starts TODAY! Join any of our virtual events to...
Olympia Dispatch – TOD/Traffic Stops – Week of Jan. 23, 2023
Welcome to the third week of the 2023 Washington State Legislative Session!Reminder: Our 2023 Week of Action starts next Monday! There's virtual events and steps you can take to support our 2023 Legislative Agenda for increasing transportation equity and safety for...
Olympia Dispatch – Free to Walk/Governor’s Budget – Week of Jan. 16, 2023
Welcome to the second week of the 2023 Washington State Legislative Session!On Monday, Sen. Saldaña dropped a bill to repeal Washington’s jaywalking laws. Transportation Choices Coalition spearheaded the “Free to Walk Washington” campaign that led to the legislation...
Welcome to our 2023 Weekly Dispatch
Welcome to Transportation Choices’ Weekly Dispatch and the first day of the 2023 WA State Legislative Session! This email will arrive in your inbox early each week and provide highlights about what’s happening in the Washington Legislature, including upcoming events,...
Say thanks to legislators for passing Move Ahead Washington
It has taken hundreds of people from across Washington State working together for years to make this new investment possible. Join us in taking a moment today to send a message of appreciation to the legislators who were part of this effort.
Budget talks are happening this week. Tell legislators you support transit funding.
The parts of #MoveAheadWA we support most would be funded through CCA. Those funds are already in place — but that doesn’t mean they’re safe.
Taxing fuel exports is the right thing to do for Washington residents
We’re already experiencing climate catastrophe and our neighbor states are too. We should all be striving to find alternatives to oil.

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