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Sunday Video: How Parking Laws Are Strangling America

Rollie Williams of Climate Town walks through the history of minimum parking laws and growth of parking in America with a few cameos from...

Sunday Video: Amsterdam’s Latest Knip

Amsterdam is marching toward becoming a car-free city. In their latest effort, the city government is trialing a six-week closure of Weesperstraat, the busiest...
Spokane Council Member Zack Zappone and others in front of a new Spokane apartment building.

Spokane Leads the Way with Parking Reform

One year ago, Spokane shocked the state by passing a sweeping housing reform bill that, among other things, reduced minimum lot sizes and legalized fourplexes anywhere...

Sunday Video: Camera Enforcement as Lifesaving Technology

Traffic camera enforcement technology isn’t popular among motorists, but there’s a lot of upsides to camera enforcement of traffic regulations, such as speed limits....
Seattle Skyline with I-5 trench and Freeway Park overhead.

Americans Are Ready to Move On from Highway Expansion Even If Politicians Persist

A new poll found 82% of voters don’t believe highway expansions are the best solution for reducing congestion. America runs on highway sprawl and car...

Urbanism 101: Tactical Urbanism

Street improvements are often long and drawn-out affairs. Pop-up projects can show otherwise. Urban projects can take a significant amount of time and financing to...
Dumptruck crossing the Duwamish River Highway overpass.

South Park Organizes To Tackle Highway Pollution

Often after Rosa Lopez picks up her son from school, they walk under a highway and half a mile to the South Park Community...

Op-Ed: Washington State Needs a Cumulative Air Toxics Law

The Duwamish River Valley hosts three freeways, two international airports, an international seaport, and a river so polluted it was declared a federal Superfund...