Tag: transportation choices coalition

November 10, 2020

Yeah, there was no need to be worried about Seattle voting for transit

Transit is extremely popular in Seattle. More than 80 percent of voters approved Prop 1, which would expand the sales tax to fund bus transit service hours, infrastructure improvements and access programs in Seattle. And considering 9 in 10 registered voters weighed in on this election, that’s a pretty epic mandate from the people of…
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tagged: 2020 general election, 2021 primary, jenny durkan, joe biden, transportation benefits district, transportation choices coalition, yes for transit
June 17, 2020

Protest statements from local transportation orgs

As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new revenue from a potential new tax on large businesses and through cuts to the existing…
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tagged: bike works, black lives matter, cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition
March 6, 2020

TCC: Contact your legislators now to support fully-funded transit

Don’t cut transit! There are so many reasons why cutting transit funding makes no sense. But instead of listing them all here, I want you all to think of them for yourselves. Then I want you to write those reasons in a letter to your state legislators using the handy online form Transportation Choices Coalition…
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tagged: i-976, transportation choices coalition
September 10, 2019

How to help fight for transit and local transportation funding by defeating I-976

Washington’s most famous Office Depot chair thief also wants to take our voter-approved transit and local transportation funding. We must defeat I-976. Basically, Tim Eyman’s initiative would preempt local governments and agencies in places where voters have approved using vehicle license fees as a way to help fund everything from Sound Transit light rail expansion…
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tagged: 2019 general election, i-976, sound transit, tim eyman, transportation choices coalition
April 25, 2019

Last push to get block-the-box and bus lane enforcement bill through the Senate

The Washington State legislature initially failed this session to pass a law to allow cities to use automated camera enforcement to keep bus lanes and intersections clear. But thanks to some great, persistent advocacy from organizations like Transportation Choices Coalition and Rooted In Rights, the bill is back as a part of the state budget.…
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tagged: blocking the box, hb 1793, rooted in rights, transportation choices coalition
May 29, 2018

The Urbanist: Womxn’s Bike Month Happy Hour is Thursday

Took a rad group of ladies out on an e-bike spin! Most of them had never ridden downtown. They were all smiles. #womxnbike #bikemonth #seabikes @limebike @CascadeBicycle @TranspoChoices pic.twitter.com/jC6uHaQikz — kelsey mesher (@kmesh) May 23, 2018 Womxn are leading the modern urban cycling movement. When a group fighting a safer 35th Ave NE said single…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, keiko budech, kelsey mesher, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition, vicky clarke