Comments on: Are We Garden-Variety Fucked, Or Are We Massively, Irrevocably, Royally Fucked?

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rockwell condos — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:08:28 +0000

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By: Ryan Green

Ryan Green — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:48:26 +0000

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By: File Under Portland Envy | hugeasscity

File Under Portland Envy | hugeasscity — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:20:54 +0000

[...] The short story is that carbon footprints are similar in Seattle and Portland because people’s lifestyles are essentially the same in both cities. But one marked difference between the two cities is how they followed through on all that GHG inventory data they collected. Seattle’s analysis was minimal, as noted in previous posts (here, here, and here). In contrast, Portland uses the GHG inventory as a foundation upon which to build and extensive set of goals and actions for addressing climate change. [...]

By: Climate Change Mitigation Is A Win-Win-Win…etc. | hugeasscity

Climate Change Mitigation Is A Win-Win-Win…etc. | hugeasscity — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:41:59 +0000

[...] should pursue, because (1) we need to be working on many strategies in parallel if we hope to avoid catastrophic climate change, and (2) because the potential benefits extend beyond climate change mitigation and [...]

By: The Value Of Doomers | hugeasscity

The Value Of Doomers | hugeasscity — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:11:09 +0000

[...] Paul Hawken has a word for people who can’t shut up about how the whole world is going to hell: doomers. But during his keynote address to the [...]

By: The Office of Sustainable Urbanism | hugeasscity

The Office of Sustainable Urbanism | hugeasscity — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:12:08 +0000

[...] for if we ever hope to make the kind of rapid, radical change necessary to address the future challenges we [...]

By: gene

gene — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:28:04 +0000

Thanks for that. I can’t really understand how many thousands of trucks those percentages correspond to.

By: Joshua Daniel Franklin

Joshua Daniel Franklin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:35:16 +0000

Sorry, the percentages are in the SDOT Freight Segmentation Report. Check out pages 8 and 18 (PDF numbering, the pages are labeled 4 and 14). It's about 4.8% of total traffic. Much more of the traffic uses I-5, which McGinn wants to improve by closing the Convention Center exit.

By: gene

gene — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:05 +0000

I just looked at that survey. It was a survey of 35 businesses. I didn’t see anything in there about the percentage of traffic on the Viaduct that is commercial. How could a survey of a handful of local businesses estimate the percentage of Viaduct traffic that is commercial? It is my understanding that there is quite a lot of commercial traffic on the Viaduct.

By: Joshua Daniel Franklin

Joshua Daniel Franklin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:08:39 +0000

Gene, WSDOT's AWV Industrial Centers Survey revealed that a small percentage of viaduct traffic is commercial and that "the businesses surveyed recognize commuter solutions to driving alone have the best chance of reducing congestion".