Today Rep. Andy Billig (D-Spokane) introduced legislation to help build healthy and livable communities. The bill, HB2370, adds a health policy goal to the existing transportation goals. The goals direct the planning and performance of the state department of...

SEATTLE – Today Rep. Zack Hudgins (D-Tukwila) introduced legislation to open up Washington to the personal car sharing market.   The bill, HB 2384, would allow personal peer to peer car sharing in Washington State that is safe, convenient and affordable. Car...

Transportation for Washington released the following joint statement from campaign co-chairs Hilary Franz, Executive Director of Futurewise and Rob Johnson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition, reacting to Gov. Gregoire’s proposed multi-billion...

On Fridays throughout session, we will be providing weekly updates about the happenings in Olympia. We will provide updates on TCC's legislative agenda items and other relevant transportation items.  We will also include information about action that is scheduled for...

Happy New Year! At Transportation Choices we are jumping right into 2012 with both feet. With the Legislative session right around the corner, this is the time of the year we need you as an engaged advocate. 1)  The environmental priorities legislative workshop...

The special session ended Wednesday without any action on funding for transportation as lawmakers got out of town after passing a short term fix for the operating budget.  Even so, there were considerable advances around the transportation revenue discussion as the...

Sound Transit announced earlier today that they received $10 Million from the incredibly competitive TIGER III USDOT grant to go towards the South 200th light rail extension project. King County Councilmember Julia Patterson pointed out in an email yesterday that "the...

It is that time of the year when we take a quick break to celebrate and say thank you.  It has been a busy 2011 for TCC.  We launched a new website and transportation for Washington, saved buses in Clark and King County, and much more.  We could not do what we do...

Special session is on, and the capitol is a buzz with legislators, lobbyists, and protesters. Governor Gregoire called lawmakers back to address the$1.52 billion deficit in the operating budget. Currently, there does not seem like there is a path to resolution to the...