Cities & Planning

# Lynnwood Link opened on Friday and the excitement was high among riders and dignitaries, alike.

When you make something easy to use, people want to do it more.

Half a century ago, an obscure state senator fought to ban gas-powered cars — and almost won.

Since 2014, solar capacity at K-12 schools has more than quadrupled across the US, according to a new report from Generation180.

Liberalizing Cities from The Ground Up

The National Zoning Atlas a collaborative of researchers digitizing, demystifying, & democratizing ~30,000 U.S. zoning codes.

The I-5 corridor was a politically simpler, cheaper choice. But there's a little more to the story of what made Aurora the road not taken by Sound Transit.

Convenience stores are a part of the country’s culture, meaning that the foreign buyout bid for 7-Eleven, the largest chain, could be a hard sell in Japan.

Economist Tyler Cowen argues the answer is "yes." But much depends on what kind of mobility we're talking about.

There are railroad cars and then there are railroad cars.

Drive along nearly any major road in the United States and it won’t be long before you see evidence of the electrical grid. Whether it’s wooden poles strung along the right of way or a …

Internet for Every Portlander

California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, has called for California to build 3.5 million new homes in the next five years as part of a…

Recently I was talking to some housing activists about how buildings with flat roofs are perceived to be taller, even when they’re not. I…

Vacant homes are a waste of resources and an insult to those lacking housing.

Missing middle housing — fourplexes, townhouses, etc — is great for most places. However, in places like Palo Alto, where land is north of…

The housing crisis isn’t just a big city problem. Rural areas also don’t have enough homes — for example, California’s Imperial County has…

The debate over who pays for the cost of running the electric grid in a world of more rooftop solar (Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez’s…

In many North American cities, as more housing is built, it’s limited to a few places: downtown and along busy streets. This is known as…

Recently, Berkeley has rediscovered an apartment building type that’s common in much of the world: the 8-story block on a small lot.

California invested heavily in solar and wind starting more than a decade ago. So far in 2024 renewable sources have met 100% of the state's...

The author explores the emotional case for postgrowth versus degrowth as movements, practices and policies in our path moving forward

by Scudder Wagg Louisville, Kentucky is the largest city in Kentucky and one of the faster growing regions in the state for the last decade. On the border between North and South and on the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville has long been a crossroads of the country and a major transportation hub. Today it […]

In this episode, we discover how potassium silicate is being transformed into a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries.

Form Energy is building the world's largest battery in Maine, USA, which will support the grid with 100 hours of power at 85 MW.

The largest solar grazing project in the U.S. will reduce mowing costs and emissions — and make for some happy sheep.

From technological innovations, to environmental challenges and societal structures, the change is coming faster than ever before…

#Doug Trumm August 5, 2024 What is a 15 minute city and how might Seattle be able to get closer to achieving it? Other cities around the world offer a model.