Portland’s Latest Smart Idea: Meters That Charge What Parking Is Worth
City data show curb prices would fall in much of downtown.
Region: British Columbia
Weekend Reading 7/20/2018
Kelsey H. Data invades our everyday lives whether we recognize it or not. You absolutely MUST read the amazing coverage by Wired about digital journalism professor Jonathan Albright, who is behind all the meta discoveries on fake news, namely the Internet Research Agency of Russia. This story has me reeling. More important, the man and … Read more
Small Homes, Big Climate Dividends for Cascadia
This article is part three in a mini-series about the climate benefits of ADUs. If you are eager for more, check out part 1 and part 2. My son has chubby feet. There’s (almost) no getting around them, literally: most shoes simply do not fit. Luckily, a certain chain kids clothing store actually carries a … Read more
More Homes, All Shapes and Sizes, for All Our Neighbors
Talking affordability: Guidelines from Sightline focus groups—part 2.
Three Steps to Better Climate Conversations
Esteemed climate communicator Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is back on the lecture circuit with a new talk, which I was lucky enough to catch at the University of Washington in mid-May. Dr. Hayhoe’s life and credentials make her uniquely suited to bridge divides and speak from the heart about climate science: She’s a Canadian expat in … Read more
Weekend Reading 6/29/2018
Alan Durning This brilliant piece strikingly illustrates how building more homes—of all shapes and sizes—is a solution to our climate-changing cities’ problems, and also to our surging homelessness problems, and our deepening economic apartheid problems, and our traffic congestion problems, and our racial inequality problems, and our opioid abuse problems, and our access to job … Read more
Listen In: KEXP and KBOO Highlight the Thin Green Line
In the wake of Canada’s fiscally irresponsible and environmentally unsound Trans Mountain Pipeline purchase from Kinder Morgan, Sightline programs director Eric de Place and Sightline researcher Tarika Powell shared their expertise with radio stations KEXP and KBOO in recent weeks about various aspects of the ongoing Thin Green Line movement. In his KEXP appearance, Eric … Read more
Listen In: ‘The Hartmann Report’ on Proportional Representation
Senior researcher Kristin Eberhard was a guest on “The Hartmann Report” on June 8, talking about proportional representation. Kristin and guest host Jefferson Smith discussed the benefits of multi-winner districts, including how it would effectively combat gerrymandering. Listen in the embedded player below. Kristin’s segment begins roughly at the 31:40 mark and runs through the … Read more
If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home by Now: How Neighborhoods Can Kick Car Habits
Adding small homes helps neighborhoods subtract driving.
The Voting System Democrats and Republicans Are Afraid Of
Maine Governor Paul LePage called ranked voting “the most horrific thing in the world” and said he would not certify Maine’s primary election, which used ranked ballots. In a world that includes genocide and poverty, not to mention deep fried twinkies, what could make LePage call ranked choice voting “the most horrific thing”? Well, ranked choice voting would have forced LePage … Read more