Savings and Nonstarters Found in Ballard Interbay Light Rail Revisions
Sound Transit has released further information about possible alignment and station changes for the Interbay and Ballard portions of the West Seattle Ballard Link Extensions. Following comments on …
Conversation Pits, once a popular feature of interior design, back in vogue | Boing Boing
Here are some great photos of conversation Pits, a popular feature of interior design from the midcentury period to the 1970s. A conversation pit is typically a lower-than-ground-level seating area…
Hip-Deep in the Thick Present #3. Solarpunk is sometimes claimed as a window on the future we could have if we were willing to make it happen. But as with …
Team FOAM have started pushing out more of the fragments I sent them a while back. Latest out of the pipe is a bit titled “The unbearable lightness of solarpunk”, which for old hands at…
Seattle Public Utilities and King County are building an underground storage tunnel to improve water quality and reduce polluted water entering the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Seattle’s huge sewage tunnel is halfway drilled. Take a look inside
The gigantic drill that's digging a 2.7-mile, 30-million-gallon storage tunnel for stormwater and sewage in North Seattle has passed a major milestone.
The Style Guide for America’s Highways: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Driving across America, you will encounter a wide variety of cultures, landscapes, people and animals. But the one consistent thing that will stay the same from Maine to California are the signs you pass on the highway. That is because America’s roads and highways have a big, fat style guide.
Life in the ’Burgh: A Steel City Bibliography of Pittsburgh
Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Urban History Association’s 2023 conference being held in Pittsburgh from October 26 – October 29, The Metropole is making the Steel City its Metro…
Texas Project Will Use Wind to Make Fuel Out of Water - Inside Climate News
Oil made Texas an energy giant, but even this petroleum powerhouse is working hard to secure a footing beyond fossil fuels. It already generates more wind energy than any other U.S. state, and soon the mighty air that lashes its high plains will power a novel new process: the production of vehicle fuel from water. […]
Sending green energy through networks stretching thousands of miles? The dream faces steep political and technical hurdles but many energy experts argue super grids’ time is coming.
Leverage South Sound’s Freight Rail Network for Passenger Service
It’s no secret our region is lacking in heavy rail transit options. Our only existing service, Sounder, is operated in such a manner that it functionally excludes anyone who isn’t traveling into Do…
Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s environmental impact.
Religion, art and politics have all led to the minimalist idea of "less is more". Dominic Lutyens explores the ideas and aesthetics behind pared-back simplicity.