Articles by Alan Durning
Alan Durning directs Sightline Institute, a Seattle research and communication center working to promote sustainable solutions for the Pacific Northwest.
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Your car’s bedroom is bigger than yours
Mandatory off-street parking quotas for apartment buildings eat up a lot of space. Here's how much parking is required in your city.
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Who parked in my spot?!: Neighbors, cars, and “your” curb space
On the subject of curb parking, everyone seems to have a story -- and what the stories reveal is surprisingly important to the future of our cities.
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Parking? Lots! A case study of absurd and pernicious parking rules
Many cities legally require off-street parking spaces for single-family homes. This leads to ridiculous and unwelcome results.
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Bicycle trailers and human-powered house moves
I want my next move to be by bicycle. Crazy? Not at all. Thanks to impressive new bicycle trailer designs, such a move is now possible. So are other, similarly audacious feats of human-powered hauling, from freighting fish to delivering mattresses. (More on that in a moment.) In 1981, when I left for college, (almost) […]
