BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending

By Natalie Bicknell Argerious - March 16, 2021

A woman in a wheelchair and five other advocates at a Tacoma bus stop.

Disability rights advocates at a bus stop. (Disability Mobility Initiative)

On March 9th, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all Washington towns and cities.