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Faculty and staff Viking Xpress bus passes now available for purchase 2010-09-07
Students' bus passes will be encoded on their Western Cards 2010-08-20
Study shows decline in border traffic

A year after the final implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and nearly two years after the economic meltdown of 2008, cross border travel – especially from Canada – has declined overall, according to a recent study by Western Washington University’s Border Policy…

2010-08-12
WTA board to vote Thursday on service cuts

A $2.3 million cut to Whatcom Transportation Authority bus service, including all of its Sunday service, is scheduled to be voted on Thursday, July 15.

The cut, to take effect Sept. 19, amounts to a 14 percent reduction in fixed-route services.

2010-07-14
Crews install traffic signal near WWU; delays expected

Traffic will be limited to one lane on Bill McDonald Parkway as crews begin work on a new traffic signal at 25th Street.

The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, through Friday, July 16. During subsequent weeks, work will take place during the same hours Monday…

2010-07-13
City to improve intersection at 25th Street and Bill McDonald Parkway near WWU 2010-07-02
Bellingham council votes to create transportation district

"City voters appear more likely to see a ballot measure in November asking them to raise the sales tax by two-tenths of 1 percent for transportation projects.

The City Council on Monday, June 21, voted 4-2, with council members Gene Knutson and Barry Buchanan opposed, to create a…

2010-06-22
WTA 80X shuttle to WWU to be cut for summer

"Whatcom Transportation Authority will eliminate the segment of the Route 80X between the Lincoln Creek Park-And-Ride and Western Washington University over the summer and when the school isn't in session."

2010-06-21
Low bid for WWU-area signal project 48 percent under estimate

"The low bid for the project to install a traffic signal at Bill McDonald Parkway and 25th Street came in 48 percent below the engineer's estimate.

Oceanside Construction, based in Bellingham, bid $239,000 to do the work, which also involves installing left-turn lanes along the…

2010-06-21
WTA staff recommends $1.2 million in new cuts, including jobs

"Whatcom Transportation Authority should cut management positions and a Washington, D.C., lobbyist, freeze salaries in 2011 for non-union employees and delay the release of online trip-planning software, staff recommended.

The transit authority's management also recommends…

2010-06-18
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