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...

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...