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,...

The Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition released a poll today that finds 71% of Washington State voters support adding health to the State's transportation goals. This is all the more reason why the Washington State Senate should pass House Bill 2370 without any...

Last Tuesday, we had one last chance to preserve bus service that gets hundreds of thousands of people to work, school, and services each day. But we fell short. Some will say that this result is a stark reminder that we need more progressive funding sources for...

The House and Senate Transportation committees are both proposing a package of increased transportation fees to help meet the budget shortfalls in transportation across the board. These proposals would direct those fees to various transportation investments. Sadly,...