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- Boise's New Zoning Code Sparks Surge in Permits for ADUs https://www.sightline.org/2024/04/15/boises-new-zoning-code-sparks-surge-in-permits-for-adus/ 0 comments
- Lessons from ten nations about building affordable, low-carbon neighborhoods https://www.sightline.org/2021/03/25/yes-other-countries-do-housing-better-case-1-japan/ 57 comments
- Portland passes low-density zoning reform https://www.sightline.org/2020/08/11/on-wednesday-portland-will-pass-the-best-low-density-zoning-reform-in-us-history/ 419 comments
- What a street looks like 39 years after legalizing fourplexes https://www.sightline.org/2019/06/21/this-is-what-a-street-looks-like-39-years-after-legalizing-fourplexes/ 24 comments
- Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every City Lot https://www.sightline.org/2019/06/30/oregon-just-voted-to-legalize-duplexes-on-almost-every-city-lot 323 comments
- What a Street Looks Like 39 Years After Legalizing Fourplexes https://www.sightline.org/2019/06/21/this-is-what-a-street-looks-like-39-years-after-legalizing-fourplexes/ 3 comments
- How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing http://www.sightline.org/2016/09/06/how-seattle-killed-micro-housing/ 132 comments
- No, Hydrogen Is Not the Savior Gas Utilities Are Looking For https://www.sightline.org/2022/10/24/no-hydrogen-is-not-the-savior-gas-utilities-are-looking-for/ 7 comments renewableenergy
- Northwest States Need to Build New Power Lines, Fast https://www.sightline.org/2022/10/13/northwest-states-need-to-build-new-power-lines-fast/ 3 comments renewableenergy
- Northwest States Need to Build New Power Lines, Fast https://www.sightline.org/2022/10/13/northwest-states-need-to-build-new-power-lines-fast/ 2 comments climate
- Northwest States Need to Build New Power Lines, Fast https://www.sightline.org/2022/10/13/northwest-states-need-to-build-new-power-lines-fast/ 5 comments energy
- We're Wildly Underestimating the Potential of Mobile Housing https://www.sightline.org/2022/09/09/were-wildly-underestimating-the-potential-of-mobile-housing/ 199 comments moderatepolitics
- What Peltola’s Win Can Teach Alaska (and America) https://www.sightline.org/2022/08/31/what-peltolas-win-can-teach-alaska-and-america/ 7 comments politics
- Hydrogen’s Dead End: Home Heating. The fuel is ill-suited to this application---more expensive, dangerous, and energy-intensive than the alternative: electrification. Despite being touted by natural gas utilities, hydrogen is much less effective at decarbonizing buildings than is electricity. https://www.sightline.org/2022/05/24/hydrogens-dead-end-home-heating/ 55 comments energy
- Our Maps Shouldn’t Lie About Our Votes https://www.sightline.org/2022/02/15/our-maps-shouldnt-lie-about-our-votes/ 191 comments politics
- It frustrates me to no end why some people care more about the voting rights of land vs the voting rights of actual people. I hate the loopsided comparison of blue cities in seas of red. https://www.sightline.org/2022/02/15/our-maps-shouldnt-lie-about-our-votes/ 8 comments politics
- Yes, Long Rotations Can Yield Real Climate Gains for Cascadia. Harvesting trees at 80 years, instead of 40, stores more carbon and yields more timber. https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/17/yes-long-rotations-can-yield-real-climate-gains-for-cascadia/ 6 comments climate
- The Presidency Could Hang on North Carolina’s Absentee Cure Process: Rejected absentee numbers are within the state’s margin of victory—and could tip the Electoral College balance. https://www.sightline.org/2020/10/15/the-presidency-could-hang-on-north-carolinas-absentee-cure-process/ 24 comments politics
- North Carolina's Witness Rule Favors White Voters: Black voters' absentee ballots are three times more likely to be rejected. https://www.sightline.org/2020/10/08/north-carolinas-witness-rule-favors-white-voters/ 5 comments politics
- Four Ways States Suppress the Absentee Vote https://www.sightline.org/2020/07/30/four-ways-states-suppress-the-absentee-vote/ 6 comments moderatepolitics
- Four Ways States Suppress the Absentee Vote https://www.sightline.org/2020/07/30/four-ways-states-suppress-the-absentee-vote/ 3 comments politics
- Vote by Mail for Secure Elections in 2020: State-by-State Resources for Elections Officials https://www.sightline.org/votebymail2020/ 4 comments politics
- Eliminate the Senate! And four other things Oregon could do to prevent senators from holding the state hostage https://www.sightline.org/2019/07/23/eliminate-state-senate-5-reasons-why/ 5 comments politics
- Believe It or Not, Trump Put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots, Maybe by Mistake https://www.sightline.org/2019/02/14/believe-it-or-not-trump-put-a-huge-tax-on-parking-lots-maybe-by-mistake/ 24 comments politics
- Why Couldn't Washington Stop a Soda Tax Ban When Oregon Could? https://www.sightline.org/2018/12/21/washington-soda-tax-ban-oregon-soda-tax-ban/ 14 comments politics
- Bypass Gerrymandering with a Better Voting System https://www.sightline.org/2018/11/02/gerrymandering-fix-is-proportional-representation/ 19 comments politics
- Questions about Proportional Representation You Were Afraid to Ask https://www.sightline.org/2018/10/18/questions-about-proportional-representation-you-were-afraid-to-ask/ 3 comments politics
- FINANCIAL RED FLAGS FOR FRACKING: "Despite more than two years of rising oil prices, oil and gas fracking companies spent $3.9 billion more on drilling from January through June than they generated by selling oil and gas." https://www.sightline.org/2018/10/17/us-fracking-financial-red-flags/ 2 comments economy
- A State Bill to Let Washington Localities Choose a Better Voting System http://www.sightline.org/2018/01/08/a-state-bill-to-let-washington-localities-choose-a-better-voting-system/ 5 comments politics
- Oregon Electoral Reform Action Priorities http://www.sightline.org/2017/07/13/oregon-electoral-reform-action-priorities/ 3 comments politics
- Of Cascadia’s Big Cities, Who’s Tops in Bikeways? http://www.sightline.org/2017/05/01/of-cascadias-big-cities-whos-tops-in-bikeways/ 3 comments bicycling
- This One Northwest County Could Show Us All How to Vote Better http://www.sightline.org/2016/10/06/this-one-northwest-county-could-show-us-all-how-to-vote-better/ 5 comments politics
- Anyone considered micro housing/micro apartments? http://www.sightline.org/2016/09/06/how-seattle-killed-micro-housing/ 94 comments financialindependence
- Smarter street talk: Don't say "accident," say "crash" http://www.sightline.org/2015/03/31/smarter-street-talk/ 5 comments bicycling
- One reason housing is so expensive nowadays http://www.sightline.org/2013/08/22/apartment-blockers/ 2 comments economy
- The United States needs more than two political parties http://www.sightline.org/2016/04/28/the-united-states-needs-more-than-two-political-parties/ 17 comments politics
- SUVs Cause More Global Warming than Airplanes [chart, data] http://www.sightline.org/maps/charts/climate-co2bymode 2 comments reddit.com
- You save more fuel switching from a 15 to 18 mpg car than switching from a 50 to 100 mpg car http://www.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2007/12/20/18-is-enough 5 comments reddit.com
- "You save more fuel switching from a 15 to 18 mpg car than switching from a 50 to 100 mpg car." http://www.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2007/12/20/18-is-enough 267 comments science
- The Most Energy-Efficient Form of Travel Ever Devised http://www.sightline.org/research/sust_toolkit/solutions/bicycle/ 3 comments reddit.com