A One-Stop Shop for Our Affordability Messaging Resources
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]When Sightline launched its policy research program to study and promote solutions for affordability and green urbansim, we poked at the prevailing narratives about housing, and it felt a ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
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. Then slowly, methodically, they roll along sidewalks with their headlamps ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
California Looks to a Future beyond Single-Detached House Zoning
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that opens up every house lot in the state to two accessory dwellings. In other words, lawmakers effectively triplexed the nation’s most ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
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 at public hearings on Capitol Hill about how Boeing’s mistakes ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
Seattle’s Latest Housing Reform Shows How Environmentalists Are Rethinking Cities
A who’s-who of Seattle environmental non-profits—350 Seattle, Sierra Club, Climate Solutions, Futurewise, Transportation Choices Coalition, and Sightline—all backed the city council’s recent 8-0 vote to limit environmental review of homebuilding ...
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It’s Official: DC Politicians Have Woken Up to Housing Abundance
Mark it down: It was in late 2019 that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced parking reform to the halls of Congress. The New York Congresswoman’s call to withhold federal transportation funding from ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
In Mid-Density Zones, Portland Has a Choice: Garages or Low Prices?
For three years, Portland’s proposal to re-legalize fourplexes citywide has been overshadowing another, related reform. That other reform applies not to low-density lots but to mid-density areas: The ones currently ...
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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 its Metro bus system pay for their parking with money, ...
Author: SwatchJunkies
Put a Friendly Face on Gentle Density
Most people believe in principle in expanding opportunity and affordability. This holds true for people we’ve talked to who live in Seattle’s neighborhoods of mostly single-detached housing. For example, respondents ...
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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 gridlock in downtown Seattle offers a progressive approach to get ...
