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: | “I am profoundly grateful to join the Sound Transit team’s work to transform lives across the Puget Sound region for generations to come," Timm said in a prepared statement. |
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| Published at: | 5:28 PM on Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Timm is currently CEO of Greater Richmond Transit Company, where her more than four hundred employees operate successful regional bus routes serving the Richmond, Virginia area. |
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| Published at: | 6:17 PM on Friday, June 3rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The sudden policy shift, made with absolutely no regard for the potential adverse impacts on immunocompromised passengers, children, or those not wishing to travel in mask optional environments, is yet another development that will likely help prolong the pandemic -- with deadly and ominous consequences. |
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| Published at: | 11:05 PM on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness |
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| Excerpt: | The package's revenue bill passed 54-54 in the House and 29-20 in the Senate, while its appropriations bill passed 57-41 in the House and 30-19 in the Senate. |
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| Published at: | 7:45 PM on Thursday, March 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Each clip in our Trainspotting series is less than two minutes long, and shows Kinkisharyo-made Sound Transit LRVs rolling along portions of the new East Link/Line 2 alignment using overhead power. |
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| Published at: | 5:06 PM on Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5228 (providing flexible new revenue authority to Sound Transit) and House Bill 1630 (prohibiting the carrying of weapons at local government meetings and election sites) have completed their journey through the legislative process. |
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| Published at: | 7:22 PM on Monday, March 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5528, which now returns to the Senate for concurrence, is prime sponsored by Senator Jamie Pedersen (D-43rd District: Seattle), and championed by Seattle Subway, The Urbanist, the Sierra Club's Cascade Chapter, Transportation Choices Coalition, NPI, and many other organizations. |
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| Published at: | 2:12 PM on Friday, March 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Negotiated by teams led by House Transportation Chair Jake Fey and Senate Transportation Chair Marko Liias, Move Ahead Washington would make substantial, billion-dollar multimodal investments in roads, bridges, ferries, and public transit over the next several years |
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| Published at: | 3:17 PM on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Two NPI priority bills are on the move in the Washington State Legislature, with one week left to go until the 2022 chamber of origin cutoff arrives. |
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| Published at: | 11:47 AM on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Interoperability |
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| Excerpt: | Video taken by Sound Transit's photographer shows trains rolling from several angles during these nighttime forays onto our new rapid transit guideway. You can also see what it was like to be inside the train and stations during the testing |
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| Published at: | 2:36 PM on Monday, February 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | 62% of voters who participated in NPI's November 2021 poll of the Washington State electorate said they would support updating and implementing Amtrak Cascades' Long Range Plan to electrify existing intercity rail service at a cost of about $10 billion, while 51% said they would support a long-term project to build a new ultra high speed rail line costing between $24 and $2 billion. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | 51% of likely 2022 voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI two months ago said they would support increasing the fees they pay annually to renew their vehicles' car tabs by ten dollars to provide Washington State Ferries with stable, dedicated funding. 44% said they were opposed, while 6% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 4:45 PM on Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | Whether or not the Legislature can reach agreement on a package before March 10th remains to be seen. It won't be easy. But legislators should make a genuine effort to try to forge an agreement, and not punt until 2023. |
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| Published at: | 1:29 PM on Monday, January 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | "Conditions are too dangerous for crews to be in the pass areas. Snow & debris continue to slide onto the highways. Crews are working in areas where it is safe to plow, clear catch basins & do other work to have those areas ready when we can reopen," WSDOT said. |
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| Published at: | 9:53 PM on Thursday, January 6th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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