This blog post is long overdue. This is the nature of a 100% grass roots operation.  Sometimes work and family take precedence. A team of legislators published this letter to WSDOT making specific requests for action to relieve the problems…

Stop405Tolls.org was asked to participate in a working session with the House Transportation Committee on Thursday.  I, David Hablewitz, represented us and gave a presentation of some of our issues with the new toll on I-405.  You can watch the…

Here are a few of the bigger points of failure in the 405 Express Toll Lanes: Right click on the image above to save it and then share it in your social media. Click the button below to download a…

Last week the state Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing on bill SB6152 to make several of the changes we are looking for.  See the King 5 report. Thanks to all of your signatures, I (David Hablewitz) have been…

Two weeks ago we posted a copy of the petition to be downloaded and printed.  Signed petitions are now starting to come in! Some with one or two signatures and some completely filled out.  This is quite impressive considering the…

On behalf of stop405tolls.org, we offer this testimony in support of SB6152 and the 3 actions it takes: (Click here to read the bill.) 1. Removal of the double-white lines — Safety The toll lanes were advertised to increase safety.…

[See important update in the comments below.] Currently only 4 of the 7 seats are filled on the Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC).  Those commissioners come from the counties highlighted in red on this map: Clark, Douglas, Spokane, and Walla…

This was the scene approaching 116th St on northbound I-405 at 9:00 pm Thursday night as I was driving home from the Senate Hearing on SB6152 (an update on that later). Actually, this photo was the second time I drove…

A research study performed by Texas A&M University, Dept of Civil Engineering: Burris, M., Alemazkoor, N.*, Benz, R., Wood, N. (2014) “The Impact of HOT Lanes on Carpools.” Research in Transportation Economics, Vol. 44. DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2014.04.004. pp. 43 – 51.…