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Report: Most Aging Baby Boomers Will Face Poor Mobility Options

For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Seattle – The first baby boomers turn 65 years old this year and seniors in the Puget Sound area are in danger of being unable to get around. The largest...

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Report Examines Whether High-Speed Rail Should Be Public, Private or Both

For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 19, 2011 The report comes at a time when Congress and state officials are debating future funding for high-speed rail, including upgrades to Amtrak’s 467-mile...

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New Report: Hundreds of WA Bridges Structurally Deficient

For Immediate Release Thursday, September 22, 2011 With President Obama calling for robust investments to repair America’s crumbling roads and bridges, the Washington Public Interest Research Group...

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A New Direction

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013A New Direction Our Changing Relationship with Driving and the Implications for America's Future

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Moving Off the Road

Released by: WASHPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, August 29, 2013WAP DrivingRpt Aug13.pdfSEATTLE - Washingtonians have cut their per-person driving miles by 5.5 percent since 2005, while the...

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New Report Shows Washingtonians Are Driving Less

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 29, 2013SEATTLE - Washingtonians have cut their per-person driving miles by 5.5 percent since 2005, while the nation’s long term driving boom appears to have...

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A NEW DIRECTION IN DRIVING TRENDS

Transportation Our Changing Relationship with Driving and the Implications for America’s Future Resource file download infographic.pdf

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A New Way to Go

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, October 3, 2013A New Way to Go vUS1.pdfAmerica is in the midst of a technological revolution … and a big shift in our transportation...

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Transportation In Transition

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013New Report Shows Washingtonians Are Driving Less A Look at Changing Travel Patterns in America's Biggest Cities

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Puget Sound and Other Washington Urbanized Areas Driving Less, Using Transit...

For Immediate Release Wednesday, December 4, 2013Chris EshSEATTLE – A first-of-its-kind report by the WashPIRG Foundation shows reduced car commuting in Washington’s urbanized areas—including the...

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A New Course

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, February 6, 2014New Report Shows University of Washington, Other University Campuses are Transportation Trailblazers as Students Lead Shift...

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New Report Shows University of Washington, Other University Campuses are...

For Immediate Release Thursday, February 6, 2014Chris EshSEATTLE – As Millennials lead a state and national shift away from driving, universities are giving students new options for getting around and...

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Highway Boondoggles

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, September 18, 2014New Study: Traffic Data Does Not Support Spending on Alaskan Way Viaduct TunnelHighway Boondoggles WashPIRG.pdfAmericans...

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New Study: Traffic Data Does Not Support Spending on Alaskan Way Viaduct Tunnel

For Immediate Release Thursday, September 18, 2014Phineas BaxandallA new report by the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) Foundation calls the proposed Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel one...

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Millennials in Motion

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014New Report Shows Mounting Evidence of Millennials’ Shift Away from DrivingMillennials in Motion WashPIRG.pdfOver the last decade...

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New Report Shows Mounting Evidence of Millennials’ Shift Away from Driving

For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 14, 2014Phineas BaxandallA new report from the WashPIRG Foundation and the Frontier Group shows mounting evidence that the Millennial generation’s dramatic shift...

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The Innovative Transportation Index

Released by: WashPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015Innovative_Transportation_Index_WashPIRG.pdfRapid technological advances have enabled the creation of new transportation tools...

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21st Century Transportation

Changing Transportation: WashPIRG Foundation's series of reports on the dramatic changes underway in how Americans travel.The last decade has shown that America can shift from old patterns of wasteful...

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Millennials Want More Public Transportation

Thursday, November 12, 2015Sean DoyleA new poll shows that access to public transportation is “very important” for Millennials in considering where to live and where to work.  80% of those polled said...

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Puget Sound Gateway Makes National List of Highway Boondoggles, Wastes $2.8...

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 19, 2016Bruce SpeightSeattle, WA - A new study by the United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Education Fund and Frontier Group identifies 12 of...

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