The latest news from Olympia is not good. Here's an excerpt from today's Transportation for Washington press release. "The special session came to a close yesterday without any action taken to address the local transportation funding crisis in Washington State.  In a...

Demystifying the State’s Supplemental Transportation Budget Transportation funding is not an easy thing to track and analyze.  Transportation is funded at the federal, state, regional and local level, out of hundreds of different programs and accounts, which makes it...

Nearly 100 organizations and public officials show support for long-term transit funding bill waiting for legislative action Strong and varied support for more transportation funding choices for local governments and transit for Washington residents   OLYMPIA, WA...

The special session is already well underway, as budget negotiators try to find a deal on the operating and capital budget.  The transportation budget and a transportation fee bill passed in the final hours of the regular session, but a very important bill to give...

The map passed! Three years ago, around the time I started at Transportation Choices, I was sitting around a coffee table with transit advocates like Chris Karnes of Tacoma Tomorrow discussing the future of transit service in Pierce County.  The recession was in full...

The state legislature is mere hours away from passing a local options bill that will put transit and local governments on better financial ground -- helping to save, restore, and expand service across the state. This bill will give local governments and transit...

Yesterday the Senate decided to not concur with the House versions of two important bills, ESSB 6455 and ESSB 6582. These two bills are crucial to the future of transit funding and service in Washington State. One of them would provide more local options to cities,...

Pierce Transit's future rests in your hands!  There is a proposal on the table to shrink the boundaries to a more reasonable size that is aligned with service.  Please attend this public hearing this Thursday and tell the Public Transportation Improvement Conference...

Sprawl in Texas Transit cannot work without good land use. A few years ago I traveled to Texas. Anyone who has been to Texas knows that unchecked and endless sprawl, creates awful places for humans beings.  If you are crazy enough to walk in Texas cities, like I was,...