Latest Research
Housing + CitiesTransportation + Transit
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 …
Gridlock! Traffic! Crying Wolf in Seoul
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Kamala Rao, MCIP, Transportation Planner in Vancouver, BC, and a Sightline board …
For a Cheap Ride, Go Hybrid
Yeah, I know that a lot of people buy hybrids as a lifestyle statement—a visible sign that, even if they …
No Mudslinging At Stormwater Forum
Business interests, greens, government reps, and Washington residents didn’t exactly all sing Kumbaya together at this week’s stormwater forum in Olympia, …
Portland Versus the Portland of the Midwest
There’s a raft of cool stuff in “Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities,” a new …
Why Love Oregon?
Ask people what’s great about Oregon and you’ll get hundreds of answers (from bamboo bikes to the Country Fair to …
Fact of the Day
This interesting tidbit came across my Twitter feed today: Portland’s entire bike network costs about as much as a single …
Research Collections
Related
Meet the Team
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.
Transportation + Transit research in the news
Here’s what happened after the city of Anchorage axed parking mandates
The Progress Playbook
