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From Highways to Homes: The Opportunity to Reconnect Communities Divided by Freeways
This article is part of the series YIMBYtown 2022 The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* At its peak, federal highway construction demolished 37,000 homes a year to make way for roads. More than 1 million Americans—a significant …
Will Clear Roads and Clean Skies Outlast the Pandemic?
The demands of social distancing have caused an unprecedented substitution of virtual interactions for physical travel. Surveys by MIT and …
UPDATED: Fifteen Thoughts on the Coronavirus and Cities
UPDATE 4/17/20: Since publishing this I’ve been trying to keep up with the ongoing firehose of related stories and happenings …
Zombie Scooters Are Coming!
Imagine hordes of unused, electric e-scooters stirring in the middle of the night, twitching their camera-studded handlebars side to side. …
The Boeing 737 MAX Fiasco and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
On the one-year anniversary of the first 737 MAX crash, senators and representatives grilled CEO Dennis Muilenburg for nine hours …
Another Win for Seattle-Area Bus Riders: Paid Park-and-Rides
Chalk this one up for the public transit heroes. The King County Council voted 5-3 Wednesday to let riders of …
How to Unclog Traffic and Improve Equity in Seattle
Critics of congestion pricing argue that the policy favors the rich and hurts the poor. A new proposal to break …
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Michael Andersen
Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead.
Michael leads Sightline’s work transitioning Cascadia away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energy sources.
Catie Gould
Senior Researcher
Laura is a fellow with Sightline Institute, focused on energy policy, particularly natural gas infrastructure and building decarbonization.
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