Evergreen State faces decision about investing in transportation

Several weeks ago, after I authored a successful diary on Daily Kos about conservative talk show host John Carlson reading another one of my diaries on air, I received a request to write about Initiative 912 and transportation here in Washington State from the people behind the national blog Unbossed.

In my post, which just went up today, I explore the history of the 2005 transportation package and Initiative 912. I also explain the initiative's cost and consequences, and delve into a number of other related issues.

Here's one of the major themes of the post:

Good communities and good public spaces go hand in hand with good transportation. We have to invest in both. We cannot continue to build our communities and transportation networks around the automobile. We have to build our infrastructure around people.

Interested in reading more? Follow this link to get started.