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Sprawl & Transportation - Research & Publications

Sightline's latest research, books, articles, and reports on land use and mobility.

Here's a catalog of Sightline's research--including books, reports, and articles--on sprawl, land use, and mobility.

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: 04/17/2008
Report

Braking News: Gas Consumption Goes Into Reverse

From 1999 to 2007, the Northwest states have cut back on per-person gasoline use by 11 percent, good news for the climate and our pocketbooks. Moreover, the Northwest is outpacing the nation in cutting back on gasoline.; 04/03/2008
Backgrounder

Analysis: Increases in greenhouse-gas emissions from highway-widening projects (pdf)

Sightline researchers do the math on whether adding lanes adds greenhouse gas emissions--it does.; 01/10/2008
Page

Sightline's Climate Policy Project

Our latest primers, fact sheets, and graphics on how to craft fair, effective climate policy for the Northwest and western states.; 10/21/2007
Daily Score series

Climate Policy for Smarties - blog series

Which climate solutions for the Northwest have the most promise? Sightline researchers investigate in this Daily Score series.; 10/21/2007
Daily Score series

Climate Fairness - blog series

Climate change does not affect everyone equally. This Sightline blog series explores ways to help ensure climate change is addressed fairly.; 08/12/2007
Fact sheet

2007 Sprawl Indicator - At a Glance

The most important findings from the Cascadia Scorecard sprawl indicator for the Northwest.; 07/25/2007
Daily Score series

What's Walkable?

A collection of research and solutions--including walkscore.com--for creating walkable communities and why it's important.; 06/12/2007
Book

Cascadia Scorecard 2007

The 2007 edition of the Cascadia Scorecard, the Pacific Northwest’s annual progress report, reveals that the region lags behind world leaders on trends such as energy, sprawl, and economic security. The good news is that we are making progress—and adopting smart solutions will accelerate those gains.; 05/21/2007
Daily Score series

Bicycle Neglect - blog series

Alan Durning looks at which Cascadian cities are doing best at developing bike networks, and how they can do better.; 03/30/2007
Daily Score series

The Year of Living Car-lessly Experiment - series

After the demise of their family Volvo, Sightline director Alan Durning and his family decided to try living car-free for one year.; 02/22/2007
Fact sheet

Sightline Does the Math on the Seattle Viaduct

Sightline research director Clark Williams-Derry analyzes the Seattle viaduct debate and comes to a few simple conclusions.; 02/08/2007
Report

Two Years of Measure 37

The impact of Oregon's "bad-neighbor law" on seven communities.; 12/21/2006
Daily Score series

Seattle's Great Viaduct Debate - series

Sightline research director Clark Williams-Derry analyzes how to replace (or not) Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct.; 12/21/2006
Daily Score series

This Land: Measure 37's Impact on Oregon - blog series

The latest news and analysis on Oregon's "bad-neighbor" law, plus a look at Measure 49, an effort to rewrite Measure 37 to make it more true to what Oregonians want.; 12/05/2006
Newsletter article

Life, Liberty, and Property Values

The stunning defeat of so-called property rights ballot measures across the Northwest last month may show that we northwesterners grasp our connectedness: how our individual freedom is protected by democratic standards. Read about property rights and the meaning of freedom.