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...

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...