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Joel Connelly: Seattle's War on Cars is driving people to Bellevue

August 20, 2012 in Blog

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.

Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation in Century 21

August 16, 2012 in Events
Date: 
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Time: 
8:45 am - 4:30 pm
Place: 
Intiman Theatre at Seattle Center
201 Mercer Street
Seattle, Washington
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WPC's Center for Transportation is pleased to co-present this regional transportation discussion. The full-day conference and summit on September 7th is part of Seattle's Next Fifty celebration that will look to the future of transportation, with a conference focusing on the market and technological transformations that will move us beyond oil. Speakers and exhibits will discuss how advances in batteries, information technology, communications, lightweight materials and electric vehicles are enabling safer, faster, more affordable and greener transportation.

Policy Institute's report targets growth of C-Tran expenditures

July 18, 2012 in In the News
The Columbian (Vancouver)
Source: 
The Columbian (Vancouver)
Date: 
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Link: 
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/jul/17/report-targets-growing-c-tran-expenditures/

PSRC gives away public money to local advocacy groups to lobby for public transit

July 11, 2012 in Blog

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.”

State officials block private ferry companies from competing on Lake Chelan

July 9, 2012 in Blog

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. 

Clark County Transit's poor ridership does not justify its ballooning costs

July 6, 2012 in Blog

New research released by Washington Policy Center, a non-partisan, public policy think tank with offices in Seattle, Olympia, Spokane and the Tri-Cities, provides key facts about the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority (C-TRAN).

Key Facts about Clark County Transit (C-TRAN)

July 5, 2012 in Publications
By

Michael Ennis, Director, Center for Transportation

, July, 2012

Key Findings

Surprise: GMA restrictions drive housing prices higher

July 2, 2012 in Blog

Wendell Cox, who spoke at our transportation lunch in May, has a great post about how the Green Belt around London drives home prices higher. The Green Belt restricts the supply of land available for development around the city core and is very similar to the restrictions found in our state’s Growth Management Act (GMA).

CBO releases summary cost estimate of federal transportation bill

June 29, 2012 in Blog

The Congressional Budget Office has released a summary cost estimate of the recently agreed upon federal transportation bill. Here is the report in full:

Cost estimate for the bill as posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on June 28, 2012.