Tag: 2013 legislature

November 21, 2013

State transportation proposal is exact opposite of what people want

The Senate Majority Caucus Coalition has proposed a transportation package that in no way resembles the desires of Washington residents. If anything, it is the opposite of what people want. In fact, I’m not sure it’s accurate to call it a “transportation” proposal, since it primarily only funds highway expansions. Sightline analyzed the data and…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, cascade bicycle club, senate majority caucus coalition, sightline, washington bikes
July 3, 2013

BikeWA: Stella and Caron search for meaning and solutions after witnessing a horrifying collision in Kirkland

Caron Lemay and her daughter Stella bike to school in Kirkland together regularly. But they are both haunted by what they saw, heard and felt one day on the way to school, when a person driving failed to see a man walking in the crosswalk and hit him hard. Caron and Stella’s story is jarring…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, kirkland greenways
July 1, 2013

WA transpo package failure kills CRC highway project and bike/walk funding, hangs Metro out to dry

Though the State House of Representatives was able to pass a $10 billion transportation package late last week, the Senate decided to adjourn without considering the bill. The headlines in Portland are all about the CRC. The Washington legislature’s failure to approve funding for the massive Columbia River Crossing I-5 expansion between Vancouver, Wash. and…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, columbia river crossing, king county metro
June 27, 2013

State House passes transpo bill with lots of bike/walk funding, highway spending

The Washington State House of Representatives today passed a transportation bill that would save King County Metro operations and invest about $323 million in biking and walking projects, road safety and complete streets projects and Safe Routes to School. The bill also includes billions in new highway spending, including funds for the controversial Columbia River…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington
June 11, 2013

Senate transportation package ignores people who walk, bike or take transit

For many, last week’s transportation package out of the state House was a bitter pill. On one hand, the state desperately needs to pass a funding bill to repair our crumbling infrastructure, maintain and expand transit service and upgrade safety for people walking, biking and driving around the state. But even though the House bill…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington
June 7, 2013

Blake Trask: End days in Olympia – What’s at stake for biking and walking? A lot.

Editor’s Note: Blake has been in Olympia all session working with the legislature to make the state safer and more accessible for people on bikes. In this guest post, he makes the case for why urgent action is needed to make sure vital funding for biking and walking projects secures its rightful place in the…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask