Ep 5: Alex Hudson - Building Campaigns for Transit at the Ballot Box

High Frequency

Alex Hudson is Executive Director at Transportation Choices Coalition, a policy and advocacy organization based in Seattle, Washington. Since the 1990s, TCC has worked to build broad coalitions on various campaigns and initiatives including Sound Transit 3, a $53.8 billion plan to expand transit approved by Seattle area voters in 2016.

In this episode of High Frequency, Alex shares her wisdom about the elements of a winning campaign -- how to paint a big vision, garner support from elected leaders, and build a big tent coalition. She also shares lessons about communications tactics that have and haven’t worked when talking to voters about transit.

“A lot of the way that we talk about transit is car-oriented, and that somehow transit is about traffic when transit is about itself. Transit is about the environment, opportunity, and a mobility future that provides a healthy civic environment” - Alex Hudson

Disclaimer: Political views raised by guests on the podcast do not reflect the views of TransitCenter.

For more information on Transportation Choices Coalition, click here.

To learn more about the TransitCenter event Alex participated in, click here.

Music: “Comma” - Blue Dot Sessions

Hosted and edited by Kapish Singla

Produced by TransitCenter