| Excerpt: | Sound Transit's eastward light expansion continues to roll forward, with contractors now preparing to remove the falsework from East Link's I-405 bridge. |
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| Published at: | 11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Category Archives: Public Planning
Big East Link milestone: Sound Transit’s light rail bridge over I-405 is structurally complete
Dori Monson attacks NPI and bashes Seattle Times reporter Heidi Groover’s recent work
| Excerpt: | A badge of honor: Today, Dori Monson attacked the "far left" Northwest Progressive Institute while impugning Heidi Groover's reporting in The Seattle Times. |
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| Published at: | 2:52 PM on Monday, July 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Sound Transit’s Link light rail system turns ten today: Relive the magic of opening weekend
| Excerpt: | Ten years to the day after Sound Transit's Central Link opened to the public for two days of free rides, NPI commemorates what was a watershed moment for our region. |
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| Published at: | 1:28 PM on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation |
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Frontier Communications to leave Cascadia; PNW assets sold to WaveDivision Capital
| Excerpt: | Nine years after taking on debt to buy Verizon's assets in the Pacific Northwest, Frontier Communications is offloading those same assets in a $1.35 billion sale to Kirkland-based WaveDivision Capital, which must be approved by regulators. |
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| Published at: | 12:04 PM on Thursday, May 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Critical Infrastructure |
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Sound Transit, partner agencies should retain express bus routes after Link extensions open
| Excerpt: | Should express bus that parallel forthcoming light rail lines be scrapped when Sound Transit's Link expands? NPI says no. |
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| Published at: | 3:49 PM on Friday, May 10th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Democratic leaders celebrate adoption of Oregon’s groundbreaking rent control law
| Excerpt: | Oregon has become the first state in the country to adopt rent control legislation at the state level. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Monday, April 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing |
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2019-2021 transportation budget approved by Washington State House with five nays
| Excerpt: | The chamber voted overwhelmingly to adopt a transportation budget for 2019-2021 (ESHB 1160) developed by the House Transportation Committee, chaired by Jake Fey. |
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| Published at: | 12:32 PM on Friday, March 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Mammoth public lands bill gets resounding vote of support on final passage in U.S. House
| Excerpt: | A bill that will expand our national parks system and permanently reauthorize the Land & Water Conservation Fund has cleared Congress. |
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| Published at: | 9:12 PM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Historic Preservation |
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Sound Transit says House Bill 2123 (vehicle fees) would blow a big financial hole in ST3
| Excerpt: | NPI is urging a group of Washington State House Democrats to abandon legislation that would reduce revenue for Sound Transit projects in an Eyman-like fashion. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 PM on Monday, February 25th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Where should Sound Transit put Link’s South Maintenance Base? There’s an obvious answer
| Excerpt: | With a sixty acre former landfill site available, there's no need to tear down homes, businesses, and churches for the agency's new train yard. |
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| Published at: | 10:15 PM on Friday, February 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Governor Inslee + Premier Horgan push back against Tim Eyman, call for high speed rail
| Excerpt: | The leaders of Washington State and British Columbia say we should build on the success of Amtrak Cascades, not destroy it, as Tim Eyman wants to do. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Friday, February 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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King County Parks For All levy will pass; park improvements to continue over next six years