Moving Ahead

Just a reminder, our blog has officially moved to our new blog page: http://transportationchoices.org/blog Please add our new blog page to your feed as I will be shutting down this blog within...

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Having you seen our fancy new website yet? If not you need to go check it out ASAP. Part of our 21st century website is that we have the blog integrated into the home page.  Blogger has bee...

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Transportation Choices Coalition Board of Directors welcomes four new members. Joining TCC’s board are Greg Nickels, Genesee Adkins, Josh Kavanagh and Pearl Leung.  “People are looking for...

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Today is a national day of action asking Congress not to X out Public Transportation. The day is of action is focused on what the real world local impacts would be to transit systems if the pr...

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This weekend, come celebrate Moving Planet: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels, a community gathering with workshops, events, and a rally calling for clean energy and transportation solutions for ...

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Mark Lear and Greg Raisman, the "dynamic duo" behind Portland's Neighborhood Greenways program, are coming to the Unversity of Washington to explain the dramatic transformation happening on Portl...

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I'll be speaking at Tacoma's City Club this Wednesday in what should be a good event with lively discussion (and I promise fun historic photos with current day political commentary).   The to...

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This Friday, TCC will be celebrating Park(ing) Day . We have rented out some parking spaces and will be turning them into the smallest, but coolest, park in town for the day. The event is design...

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Sound Transit and the City of Tacoma will welcome light rail passenger service to the new Commerce Street stop in downtown Tacoma tomorrow. The new Tacoma Link station at 11th and Commerce Street...

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Most people never really think about how their transit agency gets its revenue. Funding is what primarily determines how much transit service will be available, so it is vitally important to unde...

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Calling all photo enthusiasts! TCC invites all budding photographers to submit photos of your favorite transportation-oriented locations for our upcoming annual fundraiser on Sept 22 , “What C...

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Be there or be left out! Transit-oriented communities are all the rage right now in North King County and South Snohomish County. Sound Transit is expanding the Link Light Rail, the City of Sho...

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> Blog > Note: > While TCC is a Washington non-profit that works to increase > transportation choices for people across the state, we also > recognize that we do not l...

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Chris Karnes over at Tacoma Tomorrow is diving into a series of posts about past election results for transit in Pierce County and what the agency needs to do in order to be successful going forw...

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THIS FRIDAY NIGHT THE 26TH AT 11PM, 520 WILL CLOSE FROM 405 TO MONTLAKE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING, THE 29TH, AT 5AM. Expect delays and congestion in surrounding areas. More info at htt...

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One of our top priorities over the past few years at Transportation Choices has been and continues to be saving bus service across Washington State.  The transit funding crisis is hitting almost...

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Last night, the King County Council saved Metro! The councilmembers who voted in favor of the congestion relief charge were Bob Ferguson, Larry Gossett, Jane Hague, Kathy Lambert, Joe McDermot...

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YOU DID IT! The King County Council heard your testimony, read your emails, and saw your petitions. Thanks to you and a broad coalition, a deal was announced today to save King County Metro!  ...

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TCC is helping the preserve our buses campaign hold a rally this Saturday at the Clark County fair to build support to saving bus service.  If proposition one passes this November in Clark Count...

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The infrastructurist reported earlier this week that the federal gas tax is set to expire in September. Under normal circumstances Congress would reauthorize the gas tax so the federal gove...

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Via Metro Matters : A King County Council report indicates that almost 5,000 people have testified at hearings on the Congestion Relief Charge, with less than one percent opposing it. Along wi...

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Transportation is becoming one of the biggest issues in modern life. But how the funding is used to expand public transportation it’s a big concern for everyone but especially  for low-income ...

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The I-90 bridge will be closed the next few days at the following times: Today - 1:15pm-2:40pm Friday - 12:45pm-2:40pm Saturday - 12:45pm-2:40pm Sunday - 12:45pm-2:40pm Friday-Sunday there will...

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It is finally summer in the Puget Sound – or at least trying to be. To celebrate the sporadic sun, instead of having our regular Friday Forum, we will be holding a Friday happy hour. Please ...

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King County's get in motion campaign is hosting a family transit workshop with TCC employee and transit rockstar Carla Saulter (buschick) as the headliner.  Don't miss this exciting education ...

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