This is the final sprint. The House bill dropped last week, and the Senate’s will be released today. With just three weeks left of the regular 2021 legislative session, every day, every hearing, and every conversation to advance a new transportation package counts....
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Dispatch from Olympia: Transportation budgets underscore need for a Clean & Just approach
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...
Dispatch from Olympia: Federal Funds to Fill Budget Gaps
With transportation revenue still down, the stimulus will keep projects on track.
National Advocacy Effort Wins $30.5 Billion for Public Transit
Transit agencies across the country are preparing to receive $30.5 billion in stimulus funds in the coming weeks, thanks to an unprecedented organizing effort by a network of national transit advocates. Transportation Choices and partners across the country united...
Dispatch from Olympia: Speak up Now for Clean & Just Transportation
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...
Dispatch from Olympia: Bills Must Pass Out of House of Origin by Tomorrow
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...
Dispatch from Olympia: Action Moves to the Floor
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...
Dispatch from Olympia: The Road to Recovery
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:...
Why Washington Needs a Clean and Just Transportation System Now
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...
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