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: | 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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| 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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