Trans-poor-tation: Olympia's $8.4 billion fail
When myth, not data, drives policy, dumb things can happen.
Douglas MacDonald
Doug MacDonald is a pedestrian activist who lives in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. He served as the Secretary of Transportation for Washington state from 2001 until his retirement in 2007.
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Cracked concrete: A fix-it-first warning for Olympia
If state lawmakers want us to weigh in on a proposal (and taxes) to fund new transportation projects, they better make sure the plan includes fixing our crumbling roads and bridges.
The 5 biggest roadblocks to great WA transportation
Enough of unproductive rhetoric. Here's what we really need to do to fix the Washington state transportation quagmire.
Politics
Eyman's supermajority initiative: Tougher sale this time
I-1185 is a familiar attempt to require legislative supermajorities on tax votes. But the economic environment has changed, school funding needs are acute, and a recent court ruling declared supermajorities violate our state constitution.