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You'd think with research like this, we wouldn't see cities planning most of their growth near freeways. #CarCulture #Pollution latimes.com/local/californ

10:45 PM · Jan 7, 2021

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And yet we see many cities focusing growth near freeways and busy arterials. Kirkland is leaving untouched nearly all of its single family zoning, which consumes most of the city and is not as near pollution-spewing freeways. #EndApartmentBans

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Kirkland Proposal Could Bring 300-foot Towers to 85th Street Station Area

The high-growth alternative, though focused on office towers, could also bring 9,000 homes to Kirkland’s NE 85th Street station area. It’s almost hard to grasp that Sound Transit 3 (ST3) was …

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Jan 7, 2021

And before you say electric cars running on clean energy will fix this... A good portion of car pollution comes from tires, brakes, and manufacture carbon not just tailpipes. #CarCullture #Climate

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Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action

These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways–but they’re dead wrong. We put our environmental values right into our name in the Ever…