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Previous Issues
Transportation
October/November 2025
Sidewalks, Missing Sidewalks, Blocked Sidewalks, No Sidewalks, and Pedestrian Danger
Preston L. Schiller All in favor of sustainable transportation raise your right foot! — David Brower (environmental wizard and hero) Recent decades have seen a burgeoning interest in providing safe and sometimes pleasant ways for promoting walking and cycling. Yet, … Continue reading
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April 2024
Lummi Island Community Tackles Ferry Problems
by Meghan Fenwick In the early evening of Thursday, Feb. 15, about 20 community members gathered in a room strained to capacity at the Lummi Island Public Library. A large banner stretching the length of one wall read “Whatcom Chief … Continue reading
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March 2020
How Businesses and Citizens Can Help WTA Grow Ridership
by Preston L. Schiller Part 4 This is the fourth and final part of a series about how to improve Whatcom Transportation Authority’s (WTA) transit ridership in Bellingham and Whatcom County. Since at least 80 percent of its ridership, and … Continue reading
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February 2020
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital and WTA
by Preston L. Schiller Part 3 This is the third of a four-part article discussing the accomplishments and limitations of Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA), the transit provider for Bellingham and Whatcom County. It salutes the many things WTA does well, … Continue reading
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October-November 2019
What WTA, the City of Bellingham and Major Employers Could Learn from Kingston Transit
by Preston L. Schiller How Kingston Transit Was Reformed Part 2 Brief Review of Part 1 Part 1 of this three-part series on Whatcom Transportation Authority’s (WTA) bus system described and documented its trend of stagnation and decline in ridership … Continue reading
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