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^{Discovery Institute
September 26, 2015
Education}

Senior Fellow Don Nielsen in The Seattle Times: Washington’s Education System Should Serve Parents Over Unions

_{Discovery Institute
September 26, 2015
Education}

Donald Nielsen, Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s newly-launched American Center for Transforming Education, thinks it’s time Washington state puts the needs of the parents—and, by extension, the children and taxpayers—first. Read More ›

^{Ross Reynolds
December 16, 2009
Cascadia}

Most Overlooked News Of 2009 – Tunnel Differences

_{Ross Reynolds
December 16, 2009
Cascadia}

This article contains an interview with the Cascadia Center’s Bruce Agnew. You can listen to the interview here.

^{Bruce Agnew
November 21, 2009
Cascadia}

Melding Rich History, Promising Future

_{Bruce Agnew
November 21, 2009
Cascadia}

When state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen cuts the ribbon to open the new Stanwood train station today, it will be back to the future for the Stanwood-Camano Island area. For an area rich in history of lumber mills, fish canneries, steamboats and trains, the new station represents a remarkable new opportunity to expand travel options for commuting, attending major events Read More ›

^{Brendan B. Read
October 16, 2009
Cascadia}

Cascadia Blog Article Highlights Teleworking Green, Productivity Benefits

_{Brendan B. Read
October 16, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by TMCnet.com, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: The Cascadia Center which works on regional transportation and sustainable development issues for the Discovery Institute, has taken a strong interest in telework. The rest of the article can be found here.

^{Al Scott
September 30, 2009
Cascadia}

Ask Not for Whom The Road Tolls

_{Al Scott
September 30, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by the Puget Sound Business Journal, refers to an article by Cascadia Fellow Matt Rosenberg: The Cascadia Center just posted a valuable piece about funding a replacement for the ailing State Route 520 Bridge between Seattle and the Eastside. The piece by Cascadia Fellow Matt Rosenberg highlights the $2.38 billion funding gap, and discusses the various plans to close the Read More ›

^{Matt Rosenberg
September 22, 2009
Cascadia}

Time To Go “All In” On Tolls

_{Matt Rosenberg
September 22, 2009
Cascadia}

Just putting tolls on the Evergreen Point Bridge is not going to cut it. Instead, the region needs to apply tolls all along the 520 corridor and broadly across our highway system. Here's an encouraging progress report. The four-lane Evergreen Point Floating Bridge across Lake Washington on State Route 520 is a relic of a bygone era, congested and disaster prone. How urgent is the need for a planned six-lane replacement? The Washington State Department of Transportation has gone so far as to graphically model on YouTube how the bridge might buckle under duress, threatening lives and paralyzing the region's highway network. And is the region stepping up to the challenge? Less than half the funding is secured. The Seattle-side configuration is still being debated. More broadly, the project begs a more comprehensive regional tolling strategy because our bridges and highways are all connected. We can't keep doing transportation mega-projects on a disjointed, one-off basis. A key to any solution is tolling, and soon. Here and nationwide, 40 years of sizzling growth in vehicle miles traveled has left too many sections of highways, arterial roads, and bridges overburdened, in disrepair, and obsolete in the face of seismic and other hazards. Those ballyhooed federal stimulus funds were a mere drop in the bucket, amounting to less than one-quarter of what a landmark Congressional commission report says is needed annually. The per-gallon gas tax is badly failing at the federal and state levels. The federal gas tax trust fund is bankrupt, and living on bailouts. Even tripling state gas tax contributions to pending mega-projects in Washington state would do little to close wide funding gaps, state data show. A big new federal transportation bill — which may well include the first hike in the U.S. gas tax since 1993 — will help some, but not that much. (More) Read More ›

^{Zach Hagadone
July 20, 2009
Cascadia}

Amtrak Rails May Ring In Trains’ Return

_{Zach Hagadone
July 20, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by the Idaho Business Review, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “We have to come to this with some imagination,” Cascadia Center Policy Director Bruce Agnew said at the PNWER conference. He suggested partnerships could be forged with groups like Tourism Idaho and commuter rail systems along the line in Denver and Seattle. The rest of the Read More ›

^{Jennifer Sullivan
July 3, 2009
Cascadia}

Amtrak Cleared for 2nd Daily Train To Vancouver, B.C.

_{Jennifer Sullivan
July 3, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Bruce Agnew, policy director at the Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center, a think tank that studies transportation issues, said the fee has been waived by the Canadian government. He said that Canadian officials are viewing the second daily route as a pilot project that Public Safety Canada will Read More ›

^{Aubrey Cohen
June 1, 2009
Cascadia}

Will More Washington Roads Take Their Toll On Drivers

_{Aubrey Cohen
June 1, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by Seattle PI, quotes Matt Rosenberg of Discovery Institute: Matt Rosenberg, a senior fellow at Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute, recently called for managing peak-hour congestion in the central Puget Sound area “by bravely establishing – and soon – a seamless regional system of variably-priced, automated, and ultimately corridor-length tolling on highways and major state routes.” The rest of the Read More ›

^{Justin Carinci
May 29, 2009
Cascadia}

Regional Leaders Discuss High Speed Rail

_{Justin Carinci
May 29, 2009
Cascadia}

This article, published by the Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce, refers to an event put on by the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: His destination: the opening ceremonies for Cascadia Rail Week, an effort to bring better train service to the region between Vancouver, B.C., and Eugene. The rest of the article can be found here.