Midweek Video: Why Do People Commute By Airplane?
https://youtu.be/BoxZuHl3caU
Super commuting was on the up and up prior to the pandemic. Why are people doing it, who is doing it, and what can...
Puget Sound Gateway Project Reveals State’s Lack of Freight Vision
The State has a role in defining the market for freight and charting emissions reductions with a shift to rail.
When the Washington State Legislature...
Sunday Video: The Price of Saving Paradise
https://youtu.be/guzxgAOuPzI
Bloomberg QuickTake looks at how Paradise, California may pursue conversion of forestland and vacant exurban properties destroyed by wildfires into park space to stop...
Fridays for the Future: Youth Climate Activists Rally at City Hall
Seattle teens are part of an international youth movement calling on governments to do more to combat climate change.
On the first organized "Friday for...
A Follow-Up on the Living Building Challenge
It is impossible to ignore the construction that is happening throughout the Puget Sound region. Cranes and scaffolding are everywhere. In Q1 2023 alone,...
Are North Seattle’s Legislators Opposed to Protecting Vulnerable Road Users?
Last week, the sexist, anti-bike (see second image below), anti-safe streets "neighborhood group" Save 35th Ave NE, who has been demanding that the 35th...
Constantine Defends Bus Electrification Focus as King County Metro Service Lags
County Executive Dow Constantine says Metro has made the right choices when it comes to balancing service expansion needs with transitioning the fleet toward climate-friendly electric alternatives, even as the agency faces significant financial headwinds in the years to come.
Explainer: What’s an Environmental Impact Statement?
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) sounds like a highly technical and complex mechanism of governance. They take years, spiral into hundreds of pages with...