Director of Transportation Choices Coalition | Not short for Kirkleton
Kirk Hovenkotter
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If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems.
The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.
As currently drafted, BUILD America 250 would likely reinforce the United States’ car dependence, depriving Americans of affordable travel options and degrad…www.urban.org
You shouldn’t have to work twice as hard to get around Seattle without a car.
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social’s Seattle Transit Measure proposal buys the bus service we need to make our city a better place for working Seattle-ites.
Proud to co-sign this op-ed
Let the Seattle City Council know you want a bold investment in buses ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
In total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are:
1—NYC
2—SF
3—DC
4—Boston
5—Seattle
6—Chicago
7—Philly
8—LA
9—Portland
10—Salt Lake
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Imagine living your whole life next to a loud highway and starting to complain about noise when a quiet train shows up
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My general comment: I can point to many cases where new people elected to office, new agency leadership, creating agencies, combining agencies, expanding agencies, or new funding sources made transit better. I'm having trouble thinking of a case where changing a board structure made transit better.
Kirk Hovenkotter
I authored this letter to fight for Seattle residents and their tax dollars. In addition to millions that would be directed away from our community, I'm concerned with the precedent this "cap" would set for Seattle. I'm grateful to my colleagues for signing on and hopeful for the path forward.
If you liked my world cup transit maps, you're in luck! They're available in paper copies! Look for them out and about!
Kirk Hovenkotter
Yonah Freemark
Push The Needle
Join Cascade in compelling city leaders to complete the bike network.
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Bellevue Homeowners Say Light Rail Noise on I-90 Ruining Area’s Peaceful Freeway Ambience: tinyurl.com/3yjv5fah
Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Christof Spieler
Derek of WayfindDesigns
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Help Seattle Get the Frequent Transit Network We Deserve
By Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition via @theurbanist.org
For now, Eggers hopes public attention will prompt agency leaders to act.
The Seattle Transit Measure is up for renewal, and Mayor Katie Wilson just proposed adding 100,000 more bus trips a year and doubling free ORCA cards for low-income riders. Good transit keeps Seattle ...
I'm catching plenty of reader comments that say "What about New York?" "What about Chicago and Washington, D.C.?" A little known subtlety, found in the National Transit Database, tells us that metro Seattle transit use is slightly more per capita than Chicago, and similar totals to Philly.
In a letter to King County Councilmembers, eight members of the Seattle City Council call a proposed Seattle-only cap on pass-through funding from a new countywide 0.1% sales tax "not acceptable nor equitable" and ask that it be fully dropped at Friday's planned vote.
