Sunday Video: Has The Modern Tram Gone Off The Rails?
Reece Martin at RM Transit explores the history of the tram (streetcar) and its reinvention into as a primary train technology now used throughout...
Urban Microgrids: The Potential for Urban Energy Generation and Efficiency
In 2018, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that the Miller Community Center would soon be home to a $3.3 million solar microgrid. This project...
Microsoft’s $500 Million Pledge Has Set the Bar for Tech Industry
Technology centers like the Bay Area, New York, and Seattle are becoming unaffordable for all but the wealthiest. What responsibility does the tech industry...
Sound Transit Launches New Link Real-Time Arrival Information at Stations
Link light rail passengers just got a big improvement. On Tuesday, Sound Transit launched new real-time arrival information at light rail stations to provide...
The Good and the Bad of Driverless Cars for Cities
The age of driverless cars is rapidly approaching, and no one seems to know what to do about it. The technology is picking up...
Sunday Video: Why You Don’t Hear About The Ozone Layer Anymore
https://youtu.be/CaLOiGEDPJQ
Vox recounts how the international community came together to combat depletion of the ozone layer and why the ozone layer is no longer of...
Urban Hubs Need A CLT Boost
This is the second in a two-part series on cross-laminated timber; read the first here.
I've proposed creating a cross-laminated timber (CLT) bonus by adding 35...
Sunday Video: Low or High Platforms?
RM Transit covers the great debate of whether low or high platforms are better for trains and what they even are.