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Environment & Sustainability

Wallingford's Shell gas station. (Photo by Matthew Metz)

Ban New Gas Stations and Require Cleanups to Tackle the Big Polluter on the...

In the midst of the lively local restaurants and coffee shops on N 45th Street in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood is a business bearing the...

Staying at Home Helps Us Envision a Future of Climate-Conscious Travel

In the midst of the public health emergency, worldwide stay-at-home mandates have resulted in significantly fewer people traveling by car or airplane. Scientists have...

Working Toward a Greener Seattle

For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, three local leaders weighed in on the most significant actions Seattle can undertake to increase its sustainability. Today...
Gentle density infill development. (Matt Hutchins)

Nine Totally Necessary Evolutionary Changes for Seattle’s Residential Neighborhoods

This is probably the first of a series of articles specifically looking at "Single Family" zoning in Seattle and how we pivot to smarter...

Sunday Video: The Hidden Traffic Metric That Makes Cities Worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEE4bSWBHdQ Dave Amos of City Beautiful explains what level-of-service is and the pitfalls of using it mitigate transportation impacts from new development. He also talks...
The Port of Seattle and the Seattle waterfront. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

How 3D Printing Will Change Cities

In the sci-fi series Star Trek, characters could use machines called replicators to instantly materialize just about any food, beverage, or tool on site....

Urbanizing the Economy

In a previous article, I wrote about vertical farming and the technology’s ability to urbanize agriculture. Vertical farming facilitates the urbanization of agriculture with...

Sunday Video: The Rise Of The Stadium District

https://youtu.be/zczyEkkjvZk Dave Amos at City Beautiful takes a look at the newish stadium district trend that pairs new arenas and stadiums with mixed-used, urban development....