Metro’s Battery Bus Plan Hinges on Need to Grow Service and Revenue
In September, King County Metro filed a report on their battery bus implementation plan. Like the Kenmore water taxi report, this paper is the...
Saving Salmon Will Require a Transportation Revolution
A new study shows a preservative in car tires is responsible for collapsing Coho salmon runs, adding new urgency to efforts to reduce the...
Five Concepts That Will Change Planning and Growth Management in Washington
Comprehensive updates pushing the 30-year-old Growth Management Act to be adaptive, inclusive, equitable, and actionable.
When the Washington legislative session begins in less than a...
Sunday Video: Can We Make Cities Car-Free?
https://youtu.be/g9-9CxCxrVE
Dave Amos looks at how cities across the globe are making streets and districts car-free. He also explains how this is improving economic and...
Inslee’s Climate Proposal: Necessary, but Don’t Call It Bold
Inslee announces bold climate package for 2021–2023 biennium.
That’s the subject of an email that hit my inbox yesterday afternoon. I skipped the email text...
Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways--but they're dead wrong.
We put our environmental values right into our name in...
AAWA: Advocates Call for Amtrak Expansion to Facilitate Economic Recovery and Improve Environmental...
Passenger rail advocacy group All Aboard Washington (AAWA) has called upon the Washington State Legislature to provide funding to the Washington State Department of...
Sunday Video: What Is Cancer Alley?
https://youtu.be/XAFD-0aMkwE
Vox explains how environmental racism through public policy and private actions can lead to environmental health catastrophes for people of color. Coronavirus is killing...