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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 …
A Reluctant Cyclist Hits the Road
I have a confession to make: I don’t own a bike. (Don’t tell any of my bike-loving coworkers.) Truth is, I …
Why Do We Force Bars To Provide Parking?
The front page of the Seattle Times has a story about a driver convicted of drunk driving 12 times, now going …
Where Are My Cars: Golden Ears Bridge Edition
Following up on last month’s post on declining traffic volumes in Northwest cities, there’s this new news on the Golden …
All You Need to Know About Stormwater Runoff
Editor’s note: This blog is also available as a printer friendly pdf, and a similar version was published this week …
Cities Slicker
The Census Bureau makes it official: center cities are hip. According to a new analysis of data from the American …
Who Bikes?
If you’re reading this blog then the phrase “interesting demographic data” probably doesn’t sound like an oxymoron to you. That’s …
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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.
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Laura is a fellow with Sightline Institute, focused on energy policy, particularly natural gas infrastructure and building decarbonization.
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