Posted by Carla Chavez at Aug 21, 2017 01:45 PM | Permalink A new pilot project by the Washington State Transportation Commission is recruiting participants to explore a new sustainable funding source to maintain and adequately grow our transportation system....
The following is a guest post from our new summer intern, Dayanne: Metro Fare Simplification With the fast-paced growth of the Puget Sound region, one of the main concerns surrounding the King County Metro has become the efficiency of the fare system. Although this...
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...
Posted by Hester Serebrin at Jul 19, 2017 09:16 PM | Permalink The following is a guest post from our new summer intern, Dayanne: Hello, my name is Dayanne Carranza and I will be joining Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC) this summer as an intern. Throughout my...
Last year, Transportation Choices Coalition led the winning Sound Transit 3 campaign to expand the Sound Transit light rail, commuter rail, and regional express system. This measure was strongly approved by 54% of the region after several years of extensive public...
Posted by Carla Chavez at Jul 03, 2017 07:31 PM | Permalink Late Friday evening the legislature passed a $43.7 billion operating budget for 2017-2019, barely meeting the constitutional June 30 deadline and narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The biggest sticking...
2017 has brought new uncertainty to the future of transit in our region -- at the federal level, the new administration has been threatening deep cuts to previously planned transit funding, and at the state level, the Legislature tried repeatedly to stall portions of...
Last Tuesday, the Washington State Legislature began its second 30-day special session. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the first 30-day special session concluded without addressing two outstanding legislative items: agreeing to capital and operating budgets. The...
The president released his full budget proposal earlier this week. This budget is an alarming statement against transit. The administration calls for the reduction of many funding programs, including the end of the TIGER grant program, and all funding for new transit...
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