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Four Wheel Meals

Posted by Eric Hess
Street food is making a comeback in Seattle...How does your city fare?
I’ve mentioned before that I have a bit of a food obsession (and Roger recently divulged my baking prowess), so I hope you’ll tolerate a digression for our usual policy bent to discuss a phenomenon that brings together two things nearest and dearest to my heart – good food and common sense sustainability solutions

You can read the scoop at the Stranger, but the gist is that the seven-year street food ban in downtown Seattle has been lifted. And the masses rejoiced!

I hail from Portland, and when I moved to Seattle I was perplexed – where were the city lots packed with street food vendors: tricked out RVs, gutted third-wheels, tin shacks on tires? Where were the 3rd and Starks or the 10th and Alders? Even a small town like Walla Walla has half a dozen taco trucks roaming the streets.

Behold: the answer in all its porcine glory:

Pig Bus

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Less Time in Traffic?

Posted by Roger Valdez
People in the Northwest continue to drive less than previous years.

Cars and less carsEarly next month we’ll be updating last year’s report on trends in gasoline consumption. Some numbers are out from the Federal Highway administration on Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in the first months of this year. 

And it’s good news: Vehicle travel in the United States and the Northwest States is declining.

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