Transportation & Transit
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Portland Now Has the Smartest Parking Policies in the Northwest
Meter price adjustments, revenue reinvestment and smarter zoning all play an important part. -
Growing Seattle Ups the Ante on Green and Complete Streets
Can the Emerald City move fast enough to implement its best plans in the face of scorching rates of development? -
E-scooters Could Be One Way to Fund Better Protected Bike Lanes
Scooter startup Bird just pledged to give $1 per scooter per day to help making travel better for everyone. -
Portland’s Street Design Experimentation Creates a Redrawn Paradigm
Complete streets vision is gradually taking form in Portland, one construction project at a time. -
Thanks to Comprehensive Street Design, Vancouver Sows for the Future
The would-be “Greenest City” is completing its busier and denser areas with trees and plants. -
‘A Virtuous Cycle of Green’: How Street Design Can Be Calmed by Nature
Making Cascadia’s streets more like gardens ensures complete streets are green streets. -
Portland’s Latest Smart Idea: Meters That Charge What Parking Is Worth
City data show curb prices would fall in much of downtown. -
Parking Eats Up $117,677 of Local Wealth for Every Household in Seattle
That's more than the median American household's net worth---and in other US cities, the figure is even scarier. -
Portland’s Scooter Tax Is Super High, and That’s Fine
Over-regulating this alternative to driving is a bigger risk than overtaxing it.
The way we design our cities and towns, as well as the modes of transport we use to move through them, can either help or hinder residents’ ability to reduce their carbon footprints. Whether that means unleashing innovative affordable housing solutions, prioritizing spaces for people over spaces for cars and parking, or shifting our transportation thinking away from boondoggle megaprojects, we can shape our communities to fulfill a more sustainable future.
Series in Transportation & Transit
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Self-Driving Cars: A Fad or the Future?
Sightline fellow Daniel Malarkey explores the potential for autonomous vehicles to change the future of transportation. -
The Reluctant Cyclist
Follow Eric Hess's first rides, initial thoughts on commuting, and an introduction to bike culture in this Sightline series. -
Parking? Lots!
How obscure parking rules have misshaped our communities and opportunities for better options. -
Crimp Your Ride
How ride-for-hire (or so-called "rideshare") and taxi regulations may change how you get around. -
The Year of Living Car-lessly Experiment
After the demise of their family Volvo, Sightline director Alan Durning and his family decided to try living car-free for one year.
Recent Reports & Graphics
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Who Pays for Parking?
The hidden costs of housing. -
Shifting into Reverse
Northwest gasoline consumption makes a modest decline. -
Rural Sprawl in Metropolitan Portland
A comparison of growth management in Oregon and Washington
Press Clips
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Driving the Future: Are Self-Driving Cars Coming to Western Washington?
Q13 Fox February 23, 2018
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From Congestion to Carbon to Fatalities, Roads Are Getting Worse, WSDOT Data Show
Seattle Times December 8, 2017
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How Shared Parking Can Reduce Housing Costs and Cut Traffic
Streetsblog October 3, 2017
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What I Learned Living One Year Without a Car In Seattle
Seattle Weekly May 3, 2017
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Seattle Builds Lots of New Apartments, but Not So Many Parking Spots
Seattle Times December 3, 2016