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On January 18th, from 1:30-2:30 PM in Olympia, Cascadia Managing Director Tom Till addressed the Washington State Transportation Commission on Amtrak and issues affecting intercity rail passenger service, including the availability of federal funding. Click here to download the text of his testimony.

Earlier in this series, we indicated the need for Congress and the administration to reaffirm their commitment to our nation’s infrastructure. What should the new shape of this role be, and how should it reflect the changing paradigm of our transportation system? The first component of the solution is crucial: a revamped federal budget policy, beginning with a long-due tax Read More ›

Companion piece to the Passenger Ferry Only Task Force Report. This is a cost analysis of the options. Download Here

Final Report of the Passenger Only Ferry Task Force convened by the Joint Transportation Committee of the Washington State Legislature in 2005 to review alternative proposals for providing passenger only ferry service in Puget Sound. Download Here

Editor’s note: The Cascadia Center has written a series of articles examining the state’s infrastructure deficit. This is the second article of the series, which is being published exclusively by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Previously in this space, we argued that to stave off the threat of blackouts, Washington will likely have little choice but to build several fossil-fuel Read More ›

This information is excerpted from the full report and description on KUOW broadcast on November 15, 2005. For more information about Cascadia Center For Transportation Co-Director Tom Till Click Here Last week the Amtrak board fired its President and CEO, David Gunn. The General Accountability Office had just issued a report critical of Amtrak operations. Today there is a congressional Read More ›

Few realize that if Seattle chooses the aerial alternative to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, it would have to be 50 percent larger and 7 feet higher than today’s structure. Federal standards for safety require it. Also, it would not carry any more traffic than it does now — or did when the current elevated roadway was built in the Read More ›

This Powerpoint presentation was made available by Cascadia Center Fellow John Niles and represents the type of policy issue the Cascadia Center supports in its transportation efforts. Tolling will, again, be a major subject at our third Technology and Transportation conference at Microsoft in 2006. This presentation was made by Dr. Adrian Moore, Vice President at the Reason Foundation located Read More ›