American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces
Why Do New Cars Keep Getting Bigger and Heavier - TrueCar Blog
Over the years, cars, trucks, and SUVs seem to get larger and heavier. TrueCar investigates why modern cars continue to grow in size.
SUVs and Pickup Trucks Are Now Too Big For Our Already Gigantic Garages
American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces
The American car has gotten bigger in the past few decades but parking spot size has not kept pace.
Regardless of the cause, th
How to Finance a Highway Spending Spree: Records Reveal Oregon’s Plans for Toll Hikes
Some commuters to pay as much as $30 per day. Tolls don’t need to be this high to manage congestion, argues City Observatory. This article originally appeared City Observatory Under the new O…
How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar?
How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity directly occupied by wind and solar infrastructure by 2035
Feds Fund Third Avenue Spot Upgrade Ahead of Potential Corridor-Wide Changes
One of Seattle’s most heavily used bus stops is heading toward a badly needed upgrade soon thanks to coordination between King County Metro and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)…
Fulfill Union Station’s Promise by Connecting Seattle’s Three Light Rail Lines
Seattle faces complex questions on how the Ballard Link extension should be delivered. Should a second tunnel be built through downtown? Should stations be deep or shallow? How should surface trans…
As Downtown recovers, Seattle reimagines what it could be
With hybrid work here to stay, city leaders ask: Can the central business district become a residential neighborhood?
Raised by the Rust Belt: The Power of Emplaced Humanities
By Katharine G. Trostel and Valentino L. Zullo The work of the Rust Belt Humanities Institute at Ursuline College is rooted in imagining and co-creating new futures. As two native Clevelanders (rai…
Decode the Rainbow: Utility Markings and Washington 811
Given the amount of construction around town, Seattle’s sidewalks get painted a rainbow of colors. Many know that these markings are important for something, but the specifics seem indecipherable.&…
The High Cost of Parking in Downtown Bellingham
When what is now downtown Bellingham was initially platted in the mid-1800s, it is likely that little consideration was given to parking. Mostly because cars did not exist in the mid-1800s. As auto…
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This New Breed of Generator Can Run on Almost Any Fuel
The engineers at Mainspring Energy have unwound conventional generator design and come up with the linear generator. They explain their journey and how the breakthrough technology works.
Four Generation Defining Megaprojects Seattle Must Start Now
Seattle’s era of small thinking and smaller plans must come to an end. In order to face the combined climate and housing crises, the city and region must crawl out of its own navel and see the oppo…
How the 'electrify everything' movement went mainstream
Shipments of heat pumps outpaced gas furnaces for the first time in 2022.
Homes in flood zones are overvalued by billions, study finds
Low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge by 10 percent.
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Why Is Transit Construction in the US so Expensive? - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Transit Cost Project, a project supported by the NYU’s Marron Institute has released the most comprehesive report to date on why US transist-infrastacture is so expensive: Why do transit-infrastructure projects in New York cost 20 times more on a per kilometer basis than in Seoul? We investigate this question across hundreds of transit projects […]
Pacific Science Center plans to transform its iconic pools
One proposal involves replacing the waterscape — dinosaur sculptures and all — with a meadow of native plants. But will the Seattle Landmarks Board sign off?
Mapping Seattle’s Inequality and Diversity with Light Rail
Three maps comparing light rail station areas create a portrait of a complex region. Columbia City…Mount Baker….Beacon Hill…SoDo… When I first arrived in Seattle, the light rail stops — and t…
Pedestrians Were Erased From Green Lake Outer Loop Planning
A last minute switch to a dedicated bike lane went against previous public outreach. During a valuable Seattle winter sunbreak on a weekend afternoon, Green Lake Park buzzes with activity. The inne…
Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong
I’ve feared it. I’ve protested it. Now I’m hugging it
Electric Cars In the Netherlands — Exploratory Data Analysis with Python
When the first electric car was registered? (spoiler, it was much earlier than most people may think) Which electric cars are more…
ROMI - Robotics for Microfarms
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Dr. Nadina Galle — Ecological Engineer and Technologist
As an ecological engineer, driven by a love for ecology and a fascination with technology, I research, design, and pilot emerging technologies to build better urban ecosystems for people and nature. A framework I call the “Internet of Nature”.
Sound Transit Now Has a Strategy for Bringing Retail into Stations
Kiosks, brick and mortar shops, and pop-ups are all possible retail approaches Sound Transit quietly completed a retail integration strategy report. The strategy outlines four general approaches to…
Transit Costs Project | Marron Institute
The Transit Costs Project is exploring how to deliver more high-capacity transit projects for a fraction of the cost in countries like the United States.
Why It Costs So Much to Build Our Subways
An NYU study finds that most of the overspending isn’t where you think it is.