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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 …
E-scooters Could Be One Way to Fund Better Protected Bike Lanes
Last month, I argued that the answer to problems of the e-scooter revolution will be bike lane infrastructure. And it …
Portland’s Street Design Experimentation Creates a Redrawn Paradigm
Editor’s note: This is Part 3 in a four-part series on how trees and plants help to slow traffic, ameliorate climate …
Thanks to Comprehensive Street Design, Vancouver Sows for the Future
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 in a four-part series on how trees and plants help to slow traffic, ameliorate …
‘A Virtuous Cycle of Green’: How Street Design Can Be Calmed by Nature
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A revolution is brewing in the streets of Cascadia’s major cities. Not since the mid-20th century has this region seen …
Portland’s Latest Smart Idea: Meters That Charge What Parking Is Worth
Every time someone parks a car on the street outside Steven Lien’s downtown Portland shop, an invisible clock inside his …
Parking Eats Up $117,677 of Local Wealth for Every Household in Seattle
When we at Sightline talk about the opportunity to end hidden subsidies for parking that drive up the cost of …
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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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