Portland: Go for the Protests, Stay for the RezoningPortland’s BLM protests may capture the news, but the Sightline Institute summarizes what their city council is likely to approve…
Vancouver Impressions: Cascadian Guest PostIn September, Michael Anderson, senior researcher with Sightline Institute (Cascadia’s sustainability think tank), and Kiel Johnson, founder and operator of…
Sightline’s Summary of Our ElectionThis is a good chance to introduce Mike Andersen – the Sightline Institute’s new writer on municipal policy, with a focus…
Supply as a Solution? The Answer is YesAlan Durning of the Sightline Institute maintains that more housing supply is the solution to housing affordability. Lots of housing. …
Daily Durning: A Housing Plan in PortlandFrom Sightline: The Portland Plan – Down with McMansions, Up with Abundant Housing This article combines and adapts three articles by…
Daily Durning: A Single Block in SeattleFrom Sightline: Returning Seattle to Its Roots in Diverse Housing Types This is the story of a single city block…
Sightline: The Zoned Capacity Myth in SeattleFrom the Sightline Institute. This will sound familiar in Vancouver too, where Elizabeth Murphy in The Sun argues that there…
Sightline Institute: Housing Battles in SeattleThe latest research from the Sightline Institute: How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing Micro-housing—dorm-room-sized apartments in desirable, walkable neighborhoods—isn’t for everyone,…
Sightline: The Most Car-sharing City in Cascadia is …Us, of course. And now according to the Sightline Institute: Altogether, Sightline tabulates 4,920 car-sharing vehicles in Cascadia. That’s just…
Ohrn Words: In a hole? Stop digging.New planning numbers from Washington State, reflecting a new reality that has, apparently, yet to dawn here in BC. It…
The Good (and Longer) Life in British ColumbiaThe latest from Clark Williams-Derry at the Sightline Institute: . Living Longer in British Columbia Life expectancy reached a…
Climate Change Porn – 15: A 25-Year Average, times SixFrom Climate Central: . An aerial view of the Birch Creek Fire complex . For the past few weeks, dry…
Cross-border gas-tax leakage = Not much x Not muchSo argues Yoram Bauman at Sightline: How much of the reduction in petroleum consumption in British Columbia (see graph below) is caused…
Vancouver Scores! – 2: Background to the “Case for Rapid Transit”Further to the post below, here are some background facts used by the City of Vancouver to make the case…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner