http://www.responsibletransportationforum.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:15:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Light rail rolls out proposal on faresSeattle Times, United States - Jan 3, 2009What will it cost to board Sound Transit's light-rail trains? Depends on how far you ride ... What will it cost to board Sound Transit's light-rail trains? ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008585662_bluebox03m.html In 2008, the state legislature passed HB 2815, which among other provisions, directed the state Department of Ecology and other agencies to report back to the legislature in December on how to implement the Governor's Climate Action Team's (CAT) recommendations to reduce Green House Gas Emissions. The CAT created several ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonPolicyCenterBlog/~3/501207562/washington-state-rations-driving.html Viaduct tunnel idea rises againSeattle Times, United States - Jan 1, 2009And Sound Transit is completing a pair of thin bored tunnels through Beacon Hill for a light rail line due to open later this year. ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008579379_boredtunnel01m.html Alaskan Way Viaduct: Recurring dreamSeattle Post Intelligencer - Dec 31, 2008Gregoire seems to be interested in the advancing technology for boring, which has been used by Sound Transit. Tunnel backers at the well-versed Cascadia ... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394354_tunneled.html Yesterday, we made Seattle's decision not to salt the roads Washington's #1 Worst Environmental Moment of 2008. Today, the City announced it was changing the policy: ...the city kept using only de-icer and sand, saying salt could be harmful to Puget Sound. That policy was adopted by the city in 1998 "with ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonPolicyCenterBlog/~3/499785811/one-down-four-to-go.html It was a mixed year for environmental policy and we saw the good and the bad. If there is one theme, however, it is that 2008 was the year of eco-fads. Science and thoughtful policy were set aside frequently in the name of showing "leadership" on environmental issues. As we've ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonPolicyCenterBlog/~3/498807313/five-worst-environmental-moments-of-2008-in-washington-state.html Sound Transit’s Link light rail trains will begin carrying passengers between downtown Seattle and Tukwila through the Rainier Valley in July 2009, and SDOT wants your input on proposed neighborhood parking plans.Recent on-street parking studies around each station area collected data about how many cars are parked on station area ... http://rainiervalleypost.blogspot.com/2008/12/trains-are-coming-where-will-riders.html After 22 months at the helm, CEO Tay Yoshitani likes to say it's a new day at the Port of Seattle. A 2007 state audit found the port had wasted $97 million over the past decade, and was vulnerable to contract fraud and abuse. An internal follow-up investigation this month ... http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-12-24/news/port-vendor-gets-more-work-despite-state-warning Connelly: It's time to get angry about city's snow responseSeattle Post Intelligencer - 15 hours ago... and county officials who regularly ask voters millions for express bus service and billions to extend the not-yet-operating Sound Transit light rail. ... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/393387_joel24.html Connelly: It's time to get angry about city's snow responseSeattle Post Intelligencer - 52 minutes ago... and county officials who regularly ask voters millions for express bus service and billions to extend the not-yet-operating Sound Transit light rail. ... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/393387_joel24.html?source=mypi