What We’re Reading: Stop Sprawl, Mass Timber, and De-Stroadification
Stop sprawl: A city in Ontario turned down a massive urban growth boundary expansion and instead favored urban infill.
IBR persists: A key vote in...
What We’re Reading: Go Electric, Locked Out, And Seattle Soda Tax
Go electric: Electric cars are increasingly becoming a better option over gas-fueled cars once electricity energy emissions are taken into account (but walking, biking,...
What We’re Reading: Unaffordable, Overburdened, Decaying, and Dysfunctional
Making doughnuts: A look at 66 metro regions shows that a inner cities are doing much better than inner suburbs, although a doughnut effect...
What We’re Reading: MLT TOD, Climate Change Adaptation, and Stone Age Policy
Rejecting inaction: In Phoenix, complete streets volunteers resigned en mass in response to inaction by city officials.
Paris Accord in 2018: The United States is...
What We’re Reading: Constitutional, Euro Bus, and More Vendors
Constitutional: Seattle's "first in time" regulation of landlords passed constitutional muster this week before the Washington State Supreme Court and appears to have significant...
What We’re Reading: 8,550, Goodbye Parking Minimums, and Fresh Food Incentives
8,550: Out of millions of on-street parking spaces, New York City transformed 8,550 for outdoor dining space during the pandemic.
New digs: In Everett, residents...
What We’re Reading: Security Theater, Empty Tax, and Demolition
Security theater: New York City's mayor wants to roll out security theater on the subway with metal detectors.
Streamlining affordable housing: Victoria has eliminated the...
What We’re Reading: Skyscraper City Redux
Skyscraper city: An updated version of Seattle skyscraper projects in infographic form.
Extended death row: The Harvard Exit will last just a few more days; say...