What We’re Reading: 1990 Levels, Linear City, and Covid Crisis
1990 levels: A report claims that carbon emissions have plummeted below 1990 levels due to the pandemic. Still, people driving are the top polluters.
Highway...
What We’re Reading: Build Housing, Reduced Fares, and H Mart!
Build housing: Previous contributor to The Urbanist Ron Davis says that the only way to solve homelessness is to build more homes.
TOD WMATA: Washington,...
What We’re Reading: Landmark Policy, Mending Communities, And The Hottest Month
Choo-choo preview: The Seattle Times gets to go on ride-along at the unfinished stations and tunnel ($) of Northgate Link; the last leg of digging to...
What We’re Reading: 50 Shades of Green
Volunteer Park Seattle. By Dazzling Places.com Seattle - license - original
Half-funded 520 section through Montlake will get half-constructed starting this summer
The Plan That Could Finally...
What We’re Reading: Staying Wild, Ending A Deplorable Policy, And Gaining Attention
No free lunch: Mercer Island residents won't be getting special access to I-90 high occupancy vehicle lanes says the state.
Staying wild: A Utah congressional representative...
What We’re Reading: New Fair Housing Rules Are Coming
Failing their charter: Seattle's first charter school, First Place Scholars, is failing and is on the road to expulsion.
Crying Lowrise: The Stranger describes how the Lowrise...
What We’re Reading: Staying Home, KC Is Third, and Lowered Displacement
Staying home: The New York Times looks at where Americans didn't stay home as the novel coronavirus spread ($).
Pandemic lessons: Cities that took the...
What We’re Reading: Deliver By Bike, Flood Zones, and Phasing Out
Delivery by bike: In some cities, cargo bikes could deliver parcels quicker and less carbon-intensively than traditional vans.
Oasis in a desert: Do water parks...