Sightline Institute

More Lanes Mean More Emissions

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.
8 October 2007 - 10:00am
Sightline Institute

Rethinking Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct

A new paper questions the planning assumptions regarding the replacement of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct.
28 December 2006 - 8:00am
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Property Wrongs: Lessons from Oregon

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.
13 October 2006 - 2:00pm
Sightline Institute

Report Links High Car Crash Fatalities To Sprawl

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.
23 June 2006 - 10:00am
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