regional transportation

Written Testimony To King County Council On Draft Operational Plan For King County Passenger-Only Ferry District, from Cascadia Center For Regional Development, Seattle. Contact: Matt Rosenberg, Senior Fellow, mattr@discovery.org. Nov. 13, 2007. (Cascadia also provided in-person testimony at a Nov. 8th public hearing). INTRODUCTION This testimony is in response to the King County Ferry District’s draft operational plan published Nov. Read More ›

On his KUOW-FM weekday show “The Conversation,” host Ross Reynolds interviews three guests, among them Cascadia Center’s Bruce Agnew, on regional transportation issues. You can listen to the show here.

Here are easy-play live links to TV and radio coverage of Cascadia Center’s July 2 forum on expanded passenger-only ferry service in the Puget Sound region. KPLU-FM, July 2, “Group Pushing For Expansion Of Passenger-Only Ferries” KIRO 7 TV, July 2, 6 p.m. News KING-5 TV/KONG TV, July 3, Morning News KIRO-AM 710, July 3, Morning News

This Monday July 2, our Cascadia Center For Regional Development hosted a jam-packed forum in West Seattle for stakeholders to discuss next steps toward funding an expanded system of passenger-only ferries on Puget Sound and Lake Washington. This would embody a modern-day return of the region’s old “Mosquito Fleet” of foot ferries; providing today’s commuters and others with expanded transit Read More ›

This article, published by Crosscut, mentions Discovery Institute: At an event on Monday, July 2, put on by the Cascadia Project, the transportation think tank of the Discovery Institute, advocates and elected officials from around Puget Sound called for a regional effort to increase service. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, mentions Discovery Institute: King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, also addressing the forum organized by the Discovery Institute, said she thinks a regional foot-ferry system may be needed to handle all the commuters, establish uniform financing and “avoid turf battles” over service. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by the West Seattle Herald, mentions Discovery Institute: Sponsored by the Cascadia Discovery Institute, the July 2 forum put King County elected officials together with city officials, representatives of boat builders, maritime labor unions, chambers of commerce and transit agencies from Tacoma to Bellingham. The rest of the article can be found here.

KPLU-FM reporter Bellamy Pailthorp interviews Cascadia Center’s Director Bruce Agnew on the day of Cascadia’s “Return Of The Mosquito Fleet” stakeholder forum at Salty’s on Alki in West Seattle. MP3 audio file of the report here.