WA CAT on Transportation

Hi friends!

Welcome to your weekly transportation package update!

LAST WEEK coalition leaders came together for a Just Transition in Transportation Teach-In at the 350 Seattle General Meeting and a Pre-Session Lobbying Training. The recording from the training will give you all you need to take a meeting with your legislator to discuss a Just Transition in Transportation, which is one of the best ways you can have an impact!

THIS WEEK take a stand against highway expansion! Join us for the Overlake Access Ramp Speak Out. Read the demands and list of speakers in this Press Release.

November 9, 11-11:30am, in-person, RSVP here or watch live streamed coverage @moveredmond on Instagram.

NEXT WEEK join us for a film screening of Ramps to Nowhere, a film about the successful fight against highway expansion that would have torn apart neighborhoods in Central Seattle. And stay for a panel discussion with people who were a part of that struggle, and those who continue the work today.

Film Synopsis: In the 1950s, the plan for Seattle was to build the densest network of freeways in the world. It would have displaced thousands, especially the poor and people of color. Over the next two decades a broad-based coalition of communities came together and stopped a majority of freeways going through their city. Testimonies from 50 years ago are juxtaposed with interviews of the activists who participated in the freeway revolt giving a picture of what Seattle could have been had the people not stood up to the Highway Lobby and their representatives. The film weaves together public archives from the ‘60s and ‘70s with the filmmaker’s personal narrative about living next to freeways today.

Panel: features freeway activists Larry Gosset (former King County Councilmember) and Na’eem Shareef (Black Panther), contemporary activist Sol Dressa (Move Redmond) and film director Minda Martin. Moderated by TraeAnne Holiday of King County Equity Now. Share this event on Facebook!

November 15, 6pm, online. Register here.

Thanks for being with us in the fight for a green and equitable transportation system in Washington State!

— Ingrid & Andrew, 350WA CAT Transportation Leads

Want to learn more about the campaign, or join the team? We are working in coalition with Front and Centered, Disability Rights WA, and Transit Riders Union for a Just Transition in Transportation. For more info, Check out this brief intro and volunteer form! Or take a deeper dive with our Campaign Welcome Guide.

Take Action: if you haven’t done so already, sign our letter to lawmakers about the harms of highway expansion and the need for green and equitable transportation investments!

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