Sightline Institute

More Lanes Mean More Emissions

8 October 2007 - 9:00am
Sightline Institute
As Seattle considers a plan to spend more than $17 billion on road and transit projects, the Sightline Institute looks at how the city's greenhouse-gas emissions would increase if a new land of highway is built.

Rethinking Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct

28 December 2006 - 8:00am
Sightline Institute
A new paper questions the planning assumptions regarding the replacement of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Property Wrongs: Lessons from Oregon

13 October 2006 - 1:00pm
Sightline Institute
Report by Seattle-based Sightline Institute documents a growing backlash against "property rights" initiatives in Oregon communities deeply affected by Oregon's Measure 37 and implications for western states.

Report Links High Car Crash Fatalities To Sprawl

23 June 2006 - 9:00am
Sightline Institute
The Cascadia Scorecard documents an emerging body of research indicating that car-centered urban design contributes to a high death and injury toll from car crashes and a high obesity rate, among other ills.
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