Environment & Sustainability

Sunday Video: Cities Aren’t Loud, Cars Are Loud

https://youtu.be/CTV-wwszGw8 Not Just Bikes explores noise in cities and the impacts to people. A key point of the video is just how much noise cars...

How Cities Can Adapt to a Hotter Planet

Research has identified strategies that can effectively combat the urban heat island effect. As the current heat dome traps Seattle within its sweltering...

303 Battery: The World’s First Net Zero Energy Highrise Apartment Building

On a humble lot in Belltown, a remarkable building is underway. While 303 Battery may never raise the same level of international buzz as...

MASS Mayoral Forum Shows Growing Consensus Around Urbanist Policies

On Wednesday, five Seattle Mayor candidates squared off in a forum that we co-hosted alongside our allies at the Move All Seattle Sustainability (MASS)...

State Ferry Fare Hikes Ahead, Preferred Alternative Discourages Walk-On Ridership

Fare hikes are on the way for state ferry riders. Prices could rise 2.5% in October of this year and then be followed by...

Midweek Video: How Highway Noise Barriers Don’t Solve All

https://youtu.be/e0naL8eJmLA Highways are the bane of cities creating all kinds of awful pollution, including noise pollution. To mitigate noise, sound barrier walls have been installed...

The Top 10 Street Ends of Ballard and Fremont

As previously written, Seattle has 141 Street End shoreline points. A great sampler is accessed by foot or bicycle from the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT)...

Sunday Video: How Radical Gardeners Took Back New York City

https://youtu.be/_g2CaF12xxw Vox tells the story of how two women led movements to plant street trees and commission community gardens in New York City in a...