Legislative session is wrapping up! Today is the last day to consider opposite house bills and session ends next week. Here’s what’s happening in Olympia: A win for fair representation! Yesterday, a bill requiring proportional representation by population on transit...
Yesterday, the Trump Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. Are you experiencing some Déjà vu? So are we. The proposed 2019 budget, similar to the administration’s 2018 proposed budget, would see deep cuts in the Federal Transit Administration...
The 2018 Legislative Session is moving FAST! This week, deadlines are coming and going, and we are feeling positive about the legislation that is moving forward. Tuesday, February 6, was the last day for bills to pass out of fiscal committees and February 14 will be...
Yesterday, the TCC team testified in Senate Transportation Committee hearings for SB 5955, SB 6601 and SB 6303. Below is our testimony on each bill. SB 5955: Concerning the collection of a motor vehicle excise tax approved by voters of a regional transit authority in...
Posted by Carla Chavez at Jan 12, 2018 06:13 PM | Permalink The 2018 Legislative Session started on Monday – and a 60-day session thus begins. With one party controlling both the House and Senate, a few items on the Democratic wish list are gathering momentum. For...
Next Monday, January 8th, marks the beginning of the 2018 Washington State legislative session. As an even year, this legislative session will be a shorter 60-day session, which will end on March 9th. In recent years, shorter sessions were frequently followed by...
We expect the House of Representatives to pass House Bill 2201 tomorrow morning. This bill, which was introduced in 2017, would require Sound Transit to reimburse taxpayers for a portion of the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) that voters approved in 2016 when they...
The recent opinion piece Who’s really in the driver’s seat on Puget Sound transit spending? by Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley focused on Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC) and our influence on transportation spending. The column contained multiple...
Posted by Carla Chavez at Jul 26, 2017 07:29 PM | Permalink The third and final 30-day special session concluded last Thursday, July 20th. The only outstanding item the legislature was expected to take up during this special session was passing a capital budget, which...
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