Obesity, heart disease, diabetes and stroke rates in Pierce County are some of the highest rates in all of Washington State. This has recently become a major concern for public officials and residents of Pierce County. Statistics from the Tacoma-Pierce County Heath...

Sound Transit and the City of Bellevue are currently locked in negotiations that will ultimately determine Bellevue’s financial contribution to the East Link light rail project that is projected to serve upwards of 50,000 Bellevue residents daily by 2030. Some of the...

Walk, bike, and ride transit more this summer through Seattle’s Department of Transportation’s Walk Bike Ride Challenge. Get active, connect with your neighbors and local businesses, and get moving and healthy by cutting back on car trip. Enter the Walk Bike Ride...

This is a guest post by Hester Serebrin, who will be occasionally writing for Choice Words. On Thursday, Transportation Choices, in conjunction with King County Metro, King County Library System, Richard Hugo House, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers launched Books on...

Today we are excited to announce Books on the Bus, a collaboration among Transportation Choices and King County Metro, King County Library System, Richard Hugo House, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers. The Books on the Bus concept is simple: It's a book club for...

Today is National Dump the Pump Day, a day when millions of Americans choose to ‘dump the pump’ and take public transit instead of driving.  But for thousands of residents in Washington State, devastating cuts to bus service, especially the loss of Sunday and night...

This is a guest post by Hester Serebrin who will be occasionally writing for Choice Words. “It is not enough to create jobs if we can’t get people to them. As is, commuting has become a heroic act.” – Brookings Institution Vice President and Director of Metropolitan...

Think you know a lot about transit? Get ready to bring it at our first ever Transit Trivia Night. Test your smarts against the likes of legislators, city councilmembers, transit bloggers, and even bus drivers. Teams will compete for bragging rights and cool,...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Initiative has helped communities in Washington State create jobs, become more economically viable and create housing and transportation options. We can't have transit systems that work for...