Op-Ed: It’s Time for Seattle to Cancel the Blue Angels
The highly polluting airshow should be a relic of the past as we face the climate crisis.
Dear Seattle, it’s time to be as brave...
Let’s Throw Shade on Aurora Avenue
Street-end plazas would create space for trees, community, and safety on one of Seattle's hottest, and most dangerous, streets for pedestrians.
Last week was...
Data Shows Beacon Hill’s Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station Lightly Used
Six individual users accounted for a full one-third of all sessions where electric vehicle (EV) users charged their cars at Seattle's only public EV...
Montlake SR-520 Expansion Contract Comes in $30 Million Over Budget
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will pay a contracting firm $455 million to complete the next phase of freeway expansion through central Seattle:...
The Best Architecture Seattle Has to Offer
Seattle is in the midst of one its largest booms in a history that is almost nothing but a string of booms and busts....
Don’t Buy The Climate Argument Against ST3
This post has been updated to reflect that Alan Durning retracted the comments on his personal blog regarding Sound Transit Regional Proposition 1 (aka...
Midweek Video: Will Electric Cars Kill the Gas Station?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVIYNzY-pE
Davos Amos looks at what the proliferation of electric cars means for fueling stations in the years ahead. Will they die away? Will they...
Sunday Video: What’s The Impact of Noise on Us?
https://youtu.be/qryWWGP0kKs
Vox takes a deep dive into noise and its effects on humans. As the video shows, much of the noise people experience in their...