Orphan Road

Mike @ CIS appraises us of the status of some transit-related legislation making its way through the legislature this session. I'm glad to see "governance reform" has died for now (though I suspect its reanimated corpse to walk the halls of Olympia for several years to come).

Ther's another bill that deserves a hearing and should be of great interest to transit advocates: SB 6580 (aka HB 2797). The bill would amend the state's Growth Management Act to include climate change impact. I blogged about it at my other site a few weeks ago, and Josh Feit noted last week that despite making it out of committee, the bill could still die in the Rules Committee.

It's hard to overstate how important a role zoning plays in transit viability, so I hope this one passes.