The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Appellants and respondents in Garfield County Transportation Authority, et al. v. State of Washington will field questions from the Court's nine justices. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | With the West Seattle Bridge closed indefinitely, an opportunity beckons for smart planning decisions to improve West Seattle's connections to Seattle proper. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Monday, May 4th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | A panel of justices concluded that an injunction barring Initiative 976's implementation should remain in effect through the remainder of the challenge asserting it is unconstitutional. |
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| Published at: | 4:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Moving away from line names that are just colors, Puget Sound's Regional Transit Authority is going to move forward with an alphanumeric color-coded system. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter turned Republican gubernatorial candidate has suffered another defeat in court as the legal battle against his anti-transit initiative continues. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Metro's March 2020 service restructure will go ahead, amidst short-term cuts to service due to COVID-19 and the economic calamity the pandemic has brought about. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic |
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| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman, who remains furious that I-976 has not been implemented, sent out an email triumphantly -- and falsely -- proclaiming that I-976 had taken effect. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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| Excerpt: | Sound Transit is poised to move up the timetable for completion of a crucial "infill" light rail station in North Seattle by several years. |
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| Published at: | 1:50 PM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Senate has approved a bill that would allow the City of Seattle to enforce prohibitions against "blocking the box" by motorists at highly congested intersections using automated traffic safety cameras. |
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| Published at: | 11:20 PM on Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Legislature did not violate Article II, Section 37 of the Constitution when it granted Sound Transit new revenue authority in 2015, the Court has decided. |
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| Published at: | 1:14 PM on Thursday, February 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Judge Marshall Ferguson has rejected most of the constitutional claims against Tim Eyman's incredibly destructive I-976, but not all. The Supreme Court will have the final word. |
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| Published at: | 1:25 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | It isn't possible to visit Mount Rainier right now and access to the park may take weeks or even months to be restored. |
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| Published at: | 10:10 AM on Monday, February 10th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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| Excerpt: | The region's largest transit agency has placed an order with New Flyer to buy hundreds of new buses that don't have tailpipes. |
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| Published at: | 12:31 PM on Monday, February 3rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Curtis King and his colleagues are nonsensically proposing to backfill lost vehicle fee revenue with another revenue source that I-976 targeted for repeal. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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