RTID in the News

Monroe traffic stays in spotlight
Everett Herald, September 17, 2007

Record-setting tax plan wraps roads, rail in 1 fragile package
Seattle Times, September 9, 2007

Engineers work to keep floating bridge floating
Daily Journal of Commerce, September 6, 2006

Moving toward getting best value from our roads
Seattle Times, September 5, 2007

King County's bridges: Some in poor shape, no risk of collapse
Seattle P-I, August 2, 2007

Huge roads plan heads to vote
Tacoma News Tribune, July 10, 2007

Pierce County Council endorses $6.9 billion roads package
Tacoma News Tribune, July 9, 2007

Roads/transit package on ballot in November
Seattle Times, July 4, 2007

Big road, transit financing package closer to ballot
Ballard News Tribune, July 2, 2007

Taxes for roads close to ballot
Everett Herald, June 28, 2007

Roads plan wins ballot OK from County Council
Seattle P-I, June 26, 2007

Northwest, like the nation, at an infrastructure crossroads
Seattle Times, June 18, 2007

SR 509, South Park Bridge are part of roads package
Highline Times, June 18, 2007

The road to infinity
Seattle Times, June 17, 2007

What they're saying
Seattle Times, June 17, 2007

Two big steps toward better transportation
Everett Herald, June 14, 2007

Neighbors predict parking, traffic woes with Lander Street overpass
Seattle P-I, June 13, 2007

Green Gravitas
The Stranger, June 13, 2007

Road fixes - if you vote 'yes'
West Seattle Herald, June 12, 2007

I burst into song at mere mention of Highway 704
Tacoma News Tribune, June 10, 2007

Down-to-the-wire talks pay off for Pierce County
Tacoma News Tribune, June 10, 2007

Major roads plan ready for ballot
Seattle Times, June 9, 2007

Cross-base highway survives
Tacoma News Tribune, June 9, 2007

Counties agree to seek roads tax
Everett Herald, June 9, 2007

$14.5 billion roads plan approved for November ballot
Seattle Times, June 8, 2007

Regional package gets OK from planning committee
Seattle P-I, June 8, 2007

Regional road construction plan approved
King 5 Local News, June 8, 2007

Compromise keeps cross-base highway plan alive
(Tacoma) News Tribune, June 8, 2007

Panel signs off on billions for road package
Everett Herald, June 1, 2007

Road and other projects in Snohomish County
Everett Herald, June 1, 2007

Roads package moves ahead
(Tacoma) News Tribune, June 1, 2007

Highway package for region closer to ballot
Seattle P-I, June 1, 2007

Highways package readied for ballot
Seattle Times, June 1, 2007

$6 tolls proposed for new 520 Bridge
Correction of original published story
Seattle P-I, May 30, 2007

Send roads package to voters sans cross-base
(Tacoma) News Tribune, May 30, 2007

New 520 could be a costly commute
Seattle Times, May 30, 2007

McChord, Fort Lewis road may get the boot
Seattle P-I, May 28, 2007

Proposed light-rail extension heading for ballot
Seattle Times, May 25, 2007

Playing high-stakes poker with road plan (Tacoma) News Tribune, May 20, 2007

Into the drink in the new tax season
Seattle Times, April 22, 2007

Is transportation plan "doomed to failure"?
Seattle Times, April 19, 2007

Step up to protect the environment
Guest column by Aaron Robins and Tim Gould
Seattle P-I, April 11, 2007

Highway 167 project vital, state says
(Tacoma) News Tribune, April 11, 2007

Sound Transit needs the benefit of a doubter
Joel Connelly, Seattle P-I, April 10, 2007

Move forward with 520 bridge design
Guest column by Rep. Judy Clibborn
Seattle P-I, April 9, 2007

Regional roads: get beyond more
Seattle P-I editorial, April 9, 2007

New 520 bridge may mean tolls on I-90, too
Seattle P-I, April 8, 2007

Light rail could extend to Tacoma Dome
Seattle P-I, April 1, 2007

Light rail to Tacoma after all?
(Tacoma) News Tribune, March 31, 2007

Ease path for road, transit vote in fall, Olympia told
Seattle P-I, March 27, 2007

Why stymie region's transit progress?
Guest column by Ben Schiendelman
Seattle Times, March 27, 2007

Our quality of life depends on what happens to our roads
Guest column by Aubrey Davis
Seattle Times, March 21, 2007

U.S. 2 safety momentum needs to keep rolling
Guest column by Fred Walser
Everett Herald, March 18, 2007

Rail and road tax projects pitched
Everett Herald, March 16, 2007

Picketers hot over road plan
(Tacoma) News Tribune, March 6, 2007

Roads and Transit package will help traffic, add jobs
(Tacoma) News Tribune, March 4, 2007

Eastsiders on traffic: "We need to do something"
Seattle Times, March 1, 2007

Would you pay more for better traffic?
KOMO radio, February 26, 2007

Public will get to weigh in on road and transit package
Seattle P-I, February 22, 2007

Transportation improvements can't wait
Everett Herald, February 10, 2007

Officials support one vote for roads
Everett Herald, February 2, 2007

$8.5 billion roads plan gains ground
Tacoma News Tribune, January 29, 2007

Big roads package wins key approval
Everett Herald, January 27, 2007

Viaduct's loss is 520's gain, in reshuffling of funds
Seattle PI, January 27, 2007

$800M for tunnel option shifted to other projects
Times, January 27, 2007

520 Bridge big winner in regional transpo plan
Seattle PI, January 26, 2007

Tax measure endorsed for local highways
Tacoma News Tribune, January 26, 2007

Road tax package heads to fall vote
Everett Herald, January 25, 2007

County road-improvement proposals total $2 billion
Seattle Times, January 24, 2007

High costs waylay roads priorities
Seattle P-I, January 15, 2007

Highway projects' tab goes up 31%
Seattle Times, January 2, 2007

The Eastside must be part of region's light rail system
Seattle Times, December 20, 2006

Roads votes may be linked
Everett Herald, December 12, 2006

Highway projects' costs rise sharply
Seattle Times, December 9, 2006

More drivers, more time in gridlock
Tacoma News Tribune, November 18, 2006

Snohomish County executive has big plans for roads
Seattle Times, October 20, 2006

Voters control fate of transit projects
Federal Way Mirror, Sept. 30, 2006

Sound Transit to public: Let's make a deal
Federal Way Mirror, Sept. 27, 2006

Proposal for Eastside light rail stirs interest, differing opinions
Seattle Times, Sept. 14, 2006

Transportation: Odd couple
Seattle P-I, June 2, 2006

Two major entities shaping road-tax proposals
Some details on projects may be out by year's end
Seattle P-I, June 2, 2006

Transit taxes could spread
Sound Transit's boundaries may grow under a road and transit tax package voters would have to approve
Everett Herald, June 2 2006

Transportation: Finally, a plan
Seattle P-I, January 30, 2006

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RTID News Releases

Pierce County Council Votes Unanimously to Place Roads & Transit Plan on November Ballot (PDF 48 KB)
July 10, 2007

Historic transportation package rolls forward with unified support from region (Word doc, 51 KB)
June 8, 2007

Regional road improvement plan gets green light (PDF, 20 KB)
May 31, 2007

Funding proposal for SR 520 Bridge announced (PDF, 45 KB)
Roads & Transit plan key to funding SR 520 project, officials say
Background: Explanation of funding strategy (PDF, 181 KB)
May 29, 2007

Public asked to weigh in on major regional Roads & Transit proposal (Word doc, 140 KB)
Community meetings scheduled around region
Feb. 14, 2007

Regional road improvement plan moves one step closer to ballot box (PDF, 40 KB)
Jan. 26, 2007

Sound Transit and RTID kick off public meetings for roads and transit ballot measure (PDF, 132 KB)
Sept. 6, 2006

Three new members join RTID executive board (PDF, 24 KB)
May 31, 2006