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Pay-As-You-Drive: The Movie
Last December, Eric and Alan co-authored an article in the Tyee calling for Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance in British Columbia. One reader was so inspired, he made this six-minute video encouraging viewers to sign a petition to bring PAYD to BC: It’s definitely worth a watch. A good rundown on the benefits of PAYD, and the challenges it faces. Live in BC? Help spread the word.Read more » -
Pay-as-You-Drive Pilot in Washington
Pay-as-you-drive insurance—a new way for families to save money on car insurance and a new incentive for low-oil, climate-friendly transportation—is finally coming to Cascadia! As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported yesterday, the US Department of Transportation has committed the remaining funding needed to start a $6 million ground test of pay-as-you-drive car insurance in Washington. Here’s the background: In 1995, Sightline (then Northwest Environment Watch) commissioned the first research on the...Read more » -
Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance
One of the best solutions for rewarding motorists for driving less and making insurance more equitable.Read more » -
Pay-As-You-Drive in Two Pages
Todd Litman of Victoria Transport Policy Institute has just posted a two-pager on pay-as-you-drive car insurance (PAYD) that does a nice job of briefly summarizing its benefits, such as making insurance more affordable for low-income residents and giving consumers more control over their driving expenses. It also responds to some of the myths about PAYD, such as that suburban and rural residents would pay more if insurance was priced by...Read more » -
Micro-housing: It’s Not about the Size but How You Use It
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Hey, Olympia! If You Let Them, Cities Could Double Turnout in Local Elections
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Seven Ways to Pay for Long Rotations
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Portland Charter Review but Were Afraid to Ask
It’s charter season! As we speak, Portland’s Charter Commission is examining the city’s governing document for potential improvements and looking for feedback from Portlanders interested in bettering city government. The city charter is the document that outlines city powers and responsibilities like the following: City Council structure and elections, public records and transparency, police oversight, local bonds and taxes, budgeting, transportation and infrastructure, public utilities, economic development, affordable housing, and...Read more » -
Cover Crops: Let’s Pay Farmers to Protect Our Water
Across the United States, nearly six million people drink from water systems with elevated nitrate levels, a number which does not include households on private well water, for which there is no consistent testing standard. Latino residents living in rural areas disproportionately bear the exposure to this toxic discharge. Cover crops interrupt the pollution pathway, transforming the typically slick sheets of bare winter fields into obstacle courses that slow the water’s...Read more » -
Did Segregation Cause Your Traffic Jam?
Many North American cities are oddly un-city-like compared to their peers in Asia, Europe, Africa and even South America. Our cities are weirdly spread out and the damage to our environment and economy is colossal. Why did this happen? The New York Times‘s “1619 Project,” launched in print over the weekend, sets out to explain various distinctly American characteristics with a decoder ring: chattel slavery. Understand the ways multigenerational slavery...Read more »