Tag: marko liias

January 10, 2022

WA Bikes: ‘There’s opportunity abound’ in short 60-day state legislative session

State legislators seemed determined to pass a major transportation funding bill during the 2021 session, but the focus on highway spending and backwards ideas like a tax on bicycles ultimately helped stall the effort until the session ran out of time. There was even talk of a special session to get the effort passed, but…
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tagged: 2022 legislature, alex alston, marko liias, washington bikes
February 3, 2011

Two complete streets bills in Olympia this year

Complete streets are easier to cross on foot. They are safer for biking. They also reduce the number of car crashes, especially the rate of injury-causing higher speed wrecks. Basically, complete streets are about creating streets designed for people. Two bills in Olympia this year, HB 1700 and HB 1071, would ease the creation of…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, andy billig, cascade bicycle club, complete streets, HB 1071, HB 1700, joe fitzgibbon, marko liias, mike armstrong