The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Travelers in Cascadia will be the first nationwide to ride new Siemens trainsets, built as part of a $7.3 billion Amtrak plan to upgrade rail infrastructure. |
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| Published at: | 8:24 PM on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | With a month to go before a decision about a fix to a major budget hole, lengthy delays seem likely - but can they be averted by delaying the decision? |
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| Published at: | 11:23 AM on Friday, June 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The new vehicles are roomier, brighter, and have more storage space. They will join the fleet as Sound Transit rapidly expands light rail network with many new stations, starting with the three Northgate Link stations in 2021. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 AM on Monday, May 17th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Sound Transit has set a date for the opening of the U District, Roosevelt, and Northgate light rail stations, which collectively make up the Northgate Link extension. |
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| Published at: | 3:20 PM on Friday, April 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Link Light Rail Station Openings |
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| 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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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | American Rescue Plan |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Litigation, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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| 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 |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| 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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