Because being there is what's most important, WPC's Center for Transportation researches and analyzes the best practices for relieving traffic congestion by recapturing a vision of a system based on freedom of movement.
In November, the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority (C-TRAN) board of directors will ask all voters living within the agency’s taxing district to raise the sales tax rate to expand public transit in the Clark County region.
In a blow to state Indian tribes, the Washington State Supreme Court just issued their decision in the tribal gas tax case, siding with the plaintiff and sending the case back to the trial court to proceed without the tribes as a party.
There has been some concern expressed that under Initiative 1185 (supermajority for tax increases), a highway or bridge toll increase would be subject to the same two-thirds vote requirement as tax increases. Nothing in the text of the measure supports this interpretation, however.
In this recent article, even liberal PI columnist Joel Connelly shares his frustration with Seattle's War on Cars:
An Eastside buddy, noting a birthday this scribe studiously sought to overlook, wanted to give me a good-natured bad time over dinner. He proposed to do it in Bellevue. Two words melted my hesitation: Wild Ginger.
The dinner has since inspired several across-the-lake get-togethers for business and enjoyment.
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) recently awarded over $250,000 in public money to 24 local advocacy groups to organize, influence and promote public transit and transit oriented development around the region.
The money is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and it is part of a program called Growing Transit Communities. According to the PSRC, “The goal of Growing Transit Communities is putting jobs and opportunity closer to where people live.”
Government officials “protecting” a business from legitimate competition by allowing it to operate as a monopoly is a scary thought but it is exactly what is happening to a private ferry company on Lake Chelan right here in Washington. Fox News has the full story.
From the scenic waters of Lake Chelan in Washington state, comes a battle over big government that could sail all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bob Pishue is director of WPC’s Center for Transportation. Prior to joining Washington Policy Center in 2013, Bob interned at the Washington Research Council where he produced policy briefs on initiatives and referenda. His last role was the IT and HR Manager for a Bellevue-based retailer. A Washington resident throughout his life, Bob grew up in Everett and graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Bob serves on his church’s annual audit committee and is also an avid golfer. He lives in Kirkland.
