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We've Joined the TWITTER World! Yes, it's true. Check us out here on Twitter; perhaps you'll consider following our group. Note: Twitter has been really, really inconsistent in their hosting. If the Twitter site you find appears not to be InlandRail, keep trying—eventually Twitter seems to get it right.

AVISTA and STA push for electrified BRT. We recently became aware that AVISTA and STA are apparently lobbying our Washington DC delegation for $75 million in order to pursue their electric bus rapid traffic agenda. Read more here...this is a developing situation that could adversely impact the light rail effort.

Recent InlandRail Editorials:

InlandRail is a non-profit*, non-partisan citizens' group dedicated to advocating for rail transit as part of a more balanced transportation network for the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho region, promoting sustainable growth, economic vitality, affordable citizen mobility, and increased community character.

InlandRail believes:

  • A truly robust regional transportation system is comprised of many elements: local transit/circulation/feeder service (bus/ streetcar/ vanpool/ others); sub-regional transit service (express bus/bus rapid transit); and regional transit service (light rail transit).


  • Transit-oriented development is an economic development phenomenon numerous studies have shown to associate with fixed rail-based transit systems in a synergistic, beneficial manner related in some way to the predictability and "mystique" of rail travel.


  • The ballot measures sponsored by Spokane Transit Authority (STA) in 2006 were very confusing. Notably, despite limited time for public outreach, the final vote was surprisingly close, each of the two measures failing by only a few percentage points. Nonetheless, STA views the vote as a mandate for no additional action at this time.


  • Considering the severely time-constrained educational campaign preceding the 2006 vote, the unfavorable but extremely close voting margin belies a regional readiness to continue planning for a future light rail system.
*To preserve all advocacy options, InlandRail is not registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

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