Sunday Video: How Oysters Could Stop A Flood
Vox explains how oysters could reduce flooding in the New York City area and other places as sea level rises. But restoring oyster reefs...
Council Roundup: Setting Up Defenses Against Mayoral Steamrolling
Recently, the Seattle City Council has passed a handful of bills around revenue tracking, the environment, affordable housing, and parking rates. Many of these...
Missing the Forest for the Trees
Crosscut recently published a piece by Eric Scigliano exalting the importance of urban tree canopy while decrying density as the “mortal enemy of trees.” The...
Regional Officials Hit the Brakes on More Suburban Sprawl Near I-90
A meeting of an obscure regional planning body got tense last week as elected officials sparred over the issue of expanding King County's urban growth...
Midweek Video: An Intro to Urban Wastewater Systems
https://youtu.be/-HkRkCXPjzw
Have you ever wondered how urban stormwater and sewer systems in cities work? Dave Amos walks through the history of these systems and the...
Holding the Line on Fish
Of all the recent regional policy discussions to fall behind the couch in urbanist circles perhaps the most important is on the topic of...
Dawson’s Extreme Cities Argues for Extreme Climate Change Adaptation
Cape Town’s Day Zero, the day that most water taps in the city will be turned off, has been pushed back to 2019, but...
Seattle City Council Expands Free Student Transit Passes, Modifies Incentives for Green Building
The Seattle City Council had a busy Monday. It passed new incentives for the Living Building Challenge and green building more widely, made material...