If the beautiful spring weather we’ve been having isn’t enough to make you want to ditch your keys and grab your helmet, May is Bike Month! Whether you are a regular bike commuter or it’s your first time on two wheels, there are plenty of activities across the region....

Think traffic is bad now?  It's going to be far worse when tens of thousands of bus riders in the central Puget Sound see their buses cut, forcing them back into a car to drive to work. And worse than traffic, what about the thousands of Washingtonians who will no...

Late last week, King County Executive Dow Constantine signed an executive order to further integrate regional transit planning and operations in the Puget Sound. Transportation Choices welcomes this news and continues to appreciate Executive Constantine’s leadership...

There’s been a lot of focus on current legislative bills designed to provide more – and more flexible –revenue options for local transportation needs. However, recently we’ve been intrigued by an interesting idea for raising revenue that hasn’t yet made it to the...

Mark your calendars, bus riders! Monday, March 18th, is Bus Driver Appreciation Day. What is Bus Driver Appreciation Day, you ask? It’s a holiday (started by a couple of Seattle bus riders in 2009) set aside to acknowledge, celebrate, and otherwise lift up all the...

Today, a countywide coalition--made up of business, labor, education, and advocacy groups--called for Olympia to take action on essential local and statewide transportation funding. From the press release: “We’ve significantly reduced Metro’s labor, operating, and...

Six weeks of the legislative session are finished and now things are beginning to heat up!. Several key bills that will save transit and invest in walking and biking are gaining traction.  It’s now that we need you to tune in, pay attention, and stand up to make sure...

Today, former Transportation Choices executive director and newly elected 46th district representative, Jessyn Farrell, introduced HB 1959, a bill that would authorize local funding options for transit agencies. “With more commuters than ever choosing public transit...

As you may have heard, House Transportation Chair Rep. Judy Clibborn has released a transportation package for consideration in 2013 Legislative Session.  This $10 Billion package seeks to raise new revenue to pay for road projects, maintenance and operations,...