What We're Reading

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...