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,...

This is a guest post by Jasmine Beverly, our rock star intern. Due to multiple fare increases and the elimination of the Ride Free Area in downtown Seattle, it has become more difficult for many King County residents to get around using public transportation. To...

I'm excited to announce our winter BOB selection: Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. In case you haven't yet had the pleasure of reading her work, Octavia Butler was a celebrated speculative fiction writer and a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation...

On Monday night, the Pierce Transit Board met and discussed options for service cuts that are necessitated by the failure of Proposition 1 to pass last November. (You can read the full Tacoma News Tribune article here.) The board voted 6-2 to adopt the cuts and made a...

Picking up your children from daycare, delivering goods to the market, getting to school or work, we all deserve the opportunity to get where we need to go safely and affordably.  Our transportation system should provide opportunity not expenses, headaches, and...

At Transportation Choices, we have a vision of a transportation system that provides opportunity for everyone to get where they need to go safely, efficiently, and affordably. Every year, we work hard to achieve that vision, and 2012 was no exception. Here are some of...

We’re excited to announce the fall Books on the Bus selection, The Hustle, a memoir by Seattle native Doug Merlino. The Hustle is the winner of the 2011 Washington State Book Award, and for good reason. Here’s the book description. The experiment was dreamed up by two...