The 2015 Washington State Legislature is no easy thing to predict, especially when it comes to transportation. What we know is the House is still controlled by pro-transit Democrats, the Senate is more strongly controlled by Republicans hailing from the suburbs and...

It's been an uncertain time for transit in King County with bus cuts looming large. But things have started to look up. And we now have a chance to grow bus service in a big way! Many of you will rightfully ask, "How did we just go from saving buses to expanding...

Image courtesy: Sleepless in Turtle Island This is a guest post from our star volunteer Alison Turner Last week Danny Westneat wrote an article ($) about his attempt to go car-free this summer, and his experience riding this bus instead. His conclusion - being...

Being able to safely get from home to work, school, shopping centers, and health appointments provides opportunities for us to thrive economically, socially and physically. Transit cuts and high transportation costs limit our access to healthy food, employment,...

Last week, at our annual event, we recognized two “community transit heroes” for their efforts to preserve and grow transit service. We also welcomed two new members into our Transportation Choices Hall of Fame.  King Council Councilmember Larry Phillips and King...

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...

What if there was an easy and rational way to radically improve public transit across the country and state? What if this idea was free to implement? It sounds too good to be true right? Eric Jaffe of CityLab (formerly Atlantic Cities) is on the case, and his idea is...

Long-range transit planning is the “dreaming” part of transit planning. It is unrestricted by political and financial barriers. Long-range planning is a time for agency and advocates alike to put aside our perceptions of the next year, two, or three, and think big....

Blog post by Andrew Austin, policy director at Transportation Choices. Spokane is his "city in-law", and he loves it almost as much as he loves Bellingham, where he grew up, and his home of Tacoma. When he isn't at work, find him exploring the world by train, bus and...