Cities & Planning

High-voltage power lines in the United States will soon be monitored by “magic balls” from Norway.

This is Randal O’Toole . I’ll use him as a representative for the dominant philosophy that guides North American land use and transportation policy. Mr. O’Toole is an advocate of car ownership. His logic is simple. If you have a car you have automatic access to a wide variety of geographic employme

The Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) was formed in 1982 to respond to local economic development in Washington communities. CERB provides funding to local governments and federally-recognized tribes for public infrastructure which supports private business growth and expansion. Eligible projects include domestic and industrial water, storm water, wastewater, public buildings, telecommunications, and port facilities.

Internet for All in Washington The Washington State Broadband Office is leading a state planning process to develop a Five-Year Action Plan and a State Digital Equity Plan. These two plans will establish eligibility for federal funding to deliver significant investments for expanding broadband access and to help close the digital divide in Washington. The Internet for All in Washington initiative will create strategies to ensure reliable, high-speed Internet across the…

This enables public entities, including not-for-profit, community-owned public utility districts to provide retail broadband service to end-users

Holiday merrymaking should involve more whimsy, less rigmarole, and less price gouging. Seattle still hasn't cracked the code to create a true Christmas market that doesn't feel as if it was designed by the Grinch: cordoned off from the rest of city, hard to reach, the vibes are off, and the wares are expensive. The

Last Christmas, the U.S. narrowly averted an energy disaster that would have decimated New York City and killed thousands

Wild Card Destination du Jour: Southern Indiana's Failed Utopia - Don't Be A Tourist - Messy Nessy Chic

A repeal initiative blaming the state's climate law for higher gas prices could wind up on the ballot in November.

As the greenway program turns 12 years old, the network of pedestrian and bike corridors along low-traffic streets could see redoubled commitment or deemphasis. Jenny Hu lives in North Seattle. As someone who gets around by bike, she regularly uses the city's network of neighborhood greenways to traverse the city: non-arterial streets intended to be

The minimal structures foster the idea of living in complete dynamism and add the immersive experience of inhabiting inhospitable places.

Tech startups and big corporations provided tech that helped people and packages move within cities. Here are some highlights.

As transit agencies modernize their fare payment systems, digital payment methods are becoming more widespread. Many transit agencies are allowing use of open loop payments with credit and debit cards. But Japan has rapidly built out a very different -- and on the surface complicated -- digital payments system. Daniel Heppner explains the differences and

14 takeaways from the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.

The stalling out of major downtown redevelopment offers a chance to finetune goals. The Tacoma Town Center, a $300-million project that is to be developed on a 6.4-acre parcel of land near the University of Washington Tacoma campus, is stalled once again. The reasons are typical: Developers have not been able to secure financing, which

County has been working at helping more “first generation” farmers get started, especially immigrants and people of color.

By Ryan Reft Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has decried the racist history of the US Interstate Highway System, which obliterated many thriving Black and Brown communities. And earlier thi…

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Thirty-two of Japan's 47 prefectures, or 68 percent, are considering the introduction of Level 4 self-driving buses -- vehicles fully

We held festivals, started an energy cooperative and reduced our waste to almost nothing. But there are downsides to putting idealists of all stripes together

Solar panels and residential storage batteries are accused of having huge amounts of embedded carbon. The truth is quite the opposite.

The annual visit of the Krampus, bringing G.O.R.E. for the coming year. That is Goals to do, Obstacles to avoid, Resolutions to try better, and places to Explore.

Nanoparticles may boost energy density enough for EVs

E-bike-plus-trailer setup hauls 500 kilos across streets, sidewalks, and bike paths

Restored floodplains like Dos Rios are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California’s powerful farmers.