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If You Zone for It, They Will Build It

Mathew Yglesias has it right when he observes that our built environment---which is dominated by single-family homes spaced far-apart on large lots---is not the result of some natural phenomenon or some inherent American preference for suburbia: [T]o make a long story short, we have the built environment we have because of policy. The past half century or so has been... read more »

Did Anyone Else Already Know the Globe Is Dimming?

Holy crap. We sat down to watch a few minutes of TV today and turned to PBS. Our mood darkened immediately after watching a little of the NOVA program "Dimming the Sun." Air pollutants caused by human activity is not only warming the planet, but it is also reducing the amount of sunlight that penetrates the atmosphere. The consequences of... read more »

The City Needs Bike Boulevards

We're not always fond of traffic calming techniques. Our reasoning is that traffic calming often makes a street near-useless for any purpose other than neighborhood parking. If the City is going to impose traffic calming on so many streets, at least it could do what Portland does and make the traffic-calmed streets useful for other purposes, like biking: Happily, the... read more »

News and Happenings

A LOT is in the balance - more parks, better multifamily housing, opposition to the new mega-mall on Dearborn and Rainier, and much more. Learn more at our Issues page.

We're excited to have Katherine Fountain join the Steering Committee. Welcome, Katherine. Want to join the Steering Committee too? Check out our Jobs page.