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What We’re Reading: No Parking Minimums, Tree Train, and Maglev

Stephen Fesler - August 24, 2021

No parking minimums: St. Paul has eliminated car parking minimums. Should other cities follow suit?

Tragic fire: A tragic Tukwila apartment fire killed three residents and gutted the building ($).

Environmental regulation is back: The Biden administration is acting on regulation of a bad pesticide that can impact the food supply ($).

Speedway slow improvements: Improvements for people walking and biking on Mukilteo Speedway have arrived ($).

Midwest HSR: Could high-speed rail connect Chicago and St. Louis?

Wealthy fight housing: Wealthy Bay Area communities are fighting housing targets.

Regional rail: Could Virginia’s commuter rail system operate more like Washington, D.C.’s rapid transit system?

Expanded mandates: Vaccine mandates are expanding in Washington to include educators and others.

Halted: A federal judge has halted a major Alaska oil drilling project.

Tree train: How will the Lynnwood Link extension deliver more trees?

Mitigate roads: A proposed rule in Colorado would require road projects to mitigate for climate impacts.

Rose Quarter sagas: Debate ensues over “restorative justice” in relation to the I-5 Rose Quarter highway expansion project.

Caffeine scene: How are Black-owned coffeeshops reshaping the Seattle coffee scene?

Heat island effects: What are the pluses and minuses of highrise housing?

Good for workers: California’s Prop 22 has been struck down in a blow to ridehailing companies.

Maglev: The Baltimore-to-Washington, D.C. maglev train project isn’t dead yet, but there are potential obstacles to it ($).

Mounting debt: The rental housing debt crisis has ballooned past $20 billion.

Referrals: How are shelter referrals for people experiencing homelessness going in Seattle?

Climate action: Climate change is a very pressing issue. How should the Puget Sound tackle it?

Small-scale manufacturing: How could small-scale manufacturing be a boon to American cities?

Wrong direction: Texas’ highway department wants to move forward with widening I-35 in Austin.

Expensive transportation: How does car insurance impact the cost of living across America?