Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
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Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Washington state
Seattle Sues To Keep Car Tabs And Save Transit
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Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]
ELECTION ROUNDUP: Transit (Mostly) Wins
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Voters across the country showed that they support transit.
Washington Faces Car Tax Reckoning
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Washington State could risk losing $4 billion in transportation funds if voters pass a ballot measure to slash a vehicle fee this November, a new report shows.
Washington State DOT Chief: Fixing Congestion With Highways “Fiscally Impossible”
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"The problem is we don't provide affordable housing and transportation solutions," Roger Millar told a convention of highway builders last week.
Highway Boondoggles: North Spokane Corridor
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Five hundred families will lose their homes to this grossly unjust $1.5 billion highway boondoggle.