Tag: move ahead washington

September 4, 2024

Cascade: ‘Vote NO on I-2117 if you love bikes and trails’

One of the most important choices on November’s packed ballot will be rejecting I-2117, an irresponsible initiative backed by a wealthy conservative hedge fund manager that would obliterate funding for a laundry list of great things Washington State invests in like clean air, asthma prevention, wildfire prevention, Safe Routes to School, trails, ferries, public transit…
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tagged: 2024 general election, cascade bicycle club, climate commitment act, i-2117, move ahead washington
March 10, 2022

Walk, bike and transit funding makes it through adjusted state transportation package

Nearly all of the funding for walking, biking and transit projects in the state Democrats’ Move Ahead Washington funding package has made it through to the latest version of the bill. The House and Senate both voted Thursday to approve the updated package shortly before the end of the 2022 state legislative session. The package…
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February 18, 2022

Senate transportation bill now moving through the House includes $1.3 billion for walking and biking safety

As soon as Washington State legislators released their Move Ahead Washington transportation funding proposal earlier this month, it drew a wave of enthusiastic support from transportation organizations across the state. Lee Lambert, Executive Director of Washington Bikes, called the investments in walking and biking “unprecedented.” And he’s right. The 16-year, $16 billion “Move Ahead Washington”…
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