| Excerpt: | Two agencies will receive $100m in federal funds to expand Puget Sound's network of bus lines with frequent and high quality service. |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Category Archives: Public Planning
Two Puget Sound bus rapid transit projects get a boost from the Biden administration
Amtrak restores daily service on long distance routes thanks to the American Rescue Plan
| Excerpt: | “Offering daily long distance service represents a vital step in our road to recovery,” said Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn in a statement. “Recognizing the immense value of our employees, we’d like to thank Congress for enabling service restoration and helping us recall furloughed employees.” |
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| Published at: | 2:52 PM on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | American Rescue Plan, Transportation |
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With revenue declining and costs increasing, Sound Transit lobbies for state and federal aid
| Excerpt: | The COVID-19 recession economy hit Sound Transit's finances hard. How bad is it, and how will the Puget Sound region's transit development be affected? |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, March 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Nicole Macri’s just cause eviction bill gets approved by the Washington State House
| Excerpt: | ESHB 1236 would require landlords to give a reason before they can evict a tenant, and also ensure tenants have enough time to find new housing before they have to be out. |
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| Published at: | 6:26 PM on Sunday, March 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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Twenty years after the Nisqually earthquake, seismic upgrades still needed across Cascadia
| Excerpt: | There is no question we've made some progress since the Nisqually quake traumatically reminded us that we live in a region that belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire. Yet there is also a lot that remains to be done. |
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| Published at: | 10:54 PM on Sunday, February 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense |
| Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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The Texas-sized politics of calamity: Disasters put a spotlight on elected officials’ negligence
| Excerpt: | Will the country wake up to the need for infrastructure modernization following the horrors in Texas, or will we see right-wing politicians escape responsibility and go on demonizing clean renewable energy? |
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| Published at: | 5:10 PM on Sunday, February 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness, Energy & Power |
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Militant right wing violence and intimidation is sadly as American as cherry pie
| Excerpt: | For more than half a century, the police have treated right wing demonstrators and even terrorists differently than left wing demonstrators, a distinction that was again apparent on January 6th, 2021. |
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| Published at: | 7:27 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination, Safe Neighborhoods |
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BNSF-operated train transporting Bakken crude oil derails in Whatcom County
| Excerpt: | There were no fatalities and no injuries were reported, though the derailment did result in an oil spill. Seven tank cars went off the tracks, with two catching fire, about twenty minutes before noon. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, Safe Neighborhoods |
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Republican plot to dissolve joint Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department collapses
| Excerpt: | At the last minute, erratic Republican Councilmember Pam Roach thwarted a scheme by Executive Bruce Dammeier's operation to displace TPCHD with a standalone public health department. |
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| Published at: | 10:32 PM on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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With I‑976 kaput, transit advocates focus on navigating out of the coronavirus pandemic
| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman's assault on multimodal transportation infrastructure has been nixed by the Washington State Supreme Court, but the coronavirus pandemic and the Legislature's failure to deliver progressive tax reform continue to threaten transit. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation |
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HUGE VICTORY: Washington’s highest court rules Tim Eyman’s I‑976 is unconstitutional!
| Excerpt: | "Initiative Measure 976 contains more than one subject, and its subject is not accurately expressed in its title. Accordingly, it is unconstitutional," the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled. |
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| Published at: | 4:40 PM on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Despite pandemic, Sound Transit’s East Link Line 2 remains on track for 2023 completion
| Excerpt: | The agency and its contractors are now at about ninety percent of civil construction and the structural work on the Downtown Bellevue Tunnel, one of the most important segments of the line, is complete. |
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| Published at: | 4:20 PM on Thursday, August 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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The wait is almost over: Northgate Link will make its debut on October 2nd, 2021