Series in Transportation + Transit

• The Costs of Parking Mandates

• Parking? Lots!

  How obscure parking rules have misshaped our communities and opportunities for better options.

• Self-Driving Cars: A Fad or the Future?

  Sightline fellow Daniel Malarkey explores the potential for autonomous vehicles to change the future of transportation.

• The Reluctant Cyclist

  Follow Eric Hess's first rides, initial thoughts on commuting, and an introduction to bike culture in this Sightline series.

• Crimp Your Ride

  How ride-for-hire (or so-called "rideshare") and taxi regulations may change how you get around.

• The Year of Living Car-lessly Experiment

  After the demise of their family Volvo, Sightline director Alan Durning and his family decided to try living car-free for one year.

• Seattle's Great Viaduct Debate

  Sightline research director Clark Williams-Derry analyzes how to replace (or not) Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct.

• Metro Matters

  Why King County must invest in its transit system.

• Bicycle Neglect

  Which Cascadian cities are doing best at developing bike networks? And how they can do better?

• Congestion Pricing

  A look at how Oregon and Washington could ease traffic woes by implementing congestion pricing.

• The Parable of the Electric Bike

  Imagine an electric bike. Zipping through the city. Surging up hills without gasping for breath. Appealing! So, why haven't they caught on?

• Dude, Where Are My Cars?

  Throughout the Northwest, transportation planners predict traffic volumes will grow and grow. But over the past decade, actual traffic trends have bucked predictions.