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...
Transportation Choices
Dispatch From Olympia: Protecting Voter Approved Projects
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...
Dispatch From Olympia – No News Is Good News
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...
Dispatch From Olympia – 2018 Legislative Session
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...
TCC Statement On HB2201
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...
A Message From Transportation Choices Coalition Board
If you haven’t already heard, TCC has some exciting news to announce! Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan recently appointed Transportation Choices Coalition Executive Director Shefali Ranganathan as Deputy Mayor. On behalf of the entire TCC Board and staff, we are thrilled...
Centers Of Attention
Puget Sound Regional Council’s Regional Centers Framework Update draft is out for public comment. This framework identifies which jurisdictions - those identified as “centers” - are slated to accept the majority of the region’s growth over the next few decades, and...
TCC Statement On Seattle Times’ Opinion Column
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...
Making Transit a Top Contender
Posted by Hester Serebrin at Aug 24, 2017 08:05 PM | Permalink The following is the last guest post from our summer intern, Dayanne: Making Transit a Top Contender The 3-mile extension on the LINK Light Rail system from Downtown Seattle to Capitol Hill and the...
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