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.
As we transition from March to April, and the regular session scheduled to conclude on April 25, the pressure is on for our legislators to move a new transportation package forward! Fiscal committee cutoff is this week, which means any bills with a fiscal component...
With transportation revenue still down, the stimulus will keep projects on track.
The Senate and House passed bills out of their house of origin prior to cutoff on March 9. Now, legislators are back in committee to take up legislation that passed out of the opposite chamber. Now that we are over halfway done with session, our attention turns to...
The Senate and House have until tomorrow March 9th to pass and send bills over to the opposite chamber before the 5pm cutoff. You can track floor activity and the lineup of the bills to be considered in real time here. After floor action, legislators will go back to...
This week marks over one-third of the 105-day session. Monday, February 22 was the last day to pass bills out of a fiscal committee, Senate Ways & Means, House Appropriations and transportation committees in which the bill originated. The Senate and House now have...
Highlights from last week Thanks to everyone who participated in Environmental Lobby Day last week! Let’s keep the drumbeat up for our Clean and Just transportation work. Here are two quick actions you can take today to support a Clean and Just transportation package:...
Our current transportation system is not working. Washington’s transportation funding system is inadequate, inflexible, and inherently inequitable, drawing primarily from regressive funding sources that overburden residents with low incomes. It doesn’t prioritize...
Highlights from last week: Transportation Package The top transportation news from last week was Senator Hobbs’ unveiling of his re-worked Forward Washington proposal, which would invest ~$15 billion over 16 years. Hobbs’ package is funded by a variety of revenue...
This is a cross-post with the Climate Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy. Transit, safety, climate, and equity prioritized like never before. On Tuesday, House Transportation Committee Chair Representative Jake Fey and his fellow Democrats unveiled a $26 billion...
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