WSDOT's preliminary plans for their replacement of Colman Dock eliminate the passenger ferry landing as part of their terminal redesign. I covered this issue extensively on this blog and it was written up in Publicola and the Seattle Times. I just got word from...
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WSDOT Plans to Eliminate Passenger Ferry At Colman Dock
WSDOT is undergoing a process to plan for the replacement of the Colman ferry terminal. We fully support preservation projects and our state's ferry system, but the current replacement project will eliminate the existing passenger ferry dock, which will threaten the...
Transit Is Still Under Attack
Transit continues to be on the chopping block in Washington D.C. as House Republicans lead the charge to essentially defund transit in America. Today Puget Sound Transit agencies stood together to articulate the dangerous impacts of the House Republican anti-transit...
WSDOT Report: Climate Change and Transportation
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released a report completed for the Region X Northwest Transportation Consortium (NW and Alaska state DOTs), titled "Climate Change Impact Assessment for Surface Transportation in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska"....
Response To Washington Policy Center’s False Claims
The Truth About Washington State's Public Transit Funding Recently the Washington Policy Center released a report titled, “Public Transit is not underfunded in Washington”. Here at Transportation Choices, we respectfully disagree with this bogus and ill-supported...
House Republicans Attack Transit!
A key House Committee is threatening to kill three decades of successful investments in mass transit — originally started under President Ronald Reagan — by ending the guarantee for dedicated funding for public transportation, leaving millions of riders already faced...
Rep. Billig Introduces Healthy Transportation Bill
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...
Car Sharing Bill Introduced In Washington State Legislature
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...
Our Last Response To Governor’s Revenue Proposal
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...
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