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Second Airport: Arguing about capacity won’t work
I got several objections to my last post on SB5370 and specifically my public comment at the Senate Transportation Committee Hearing: Go to 57:00 But at the risk of sounding demagogic, I have to remind readers that our job is to tell the truth. And the truth is that siting a second airport will have -
Our Co-dependent Love Affair SB5370
TVW Video (Discussion & Comments 40:00) Have you ever been in a relationship that you knew was bad for you? And not just you, I mean for both of you? But for any number of reasons, you just keep slugging it out, year after year. You (or they) keep telling yourself all the reasons it’s -
H.R. 976: Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2019
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution, and for other purposes. The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor. Your organization’s position statement could -
Senate Transportation Committee Meeting on SB5370
Come to Olympia and support Karen Keiser’s bill to site a second airport. You can always keep updated on the progress of any bill here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/?fbclid=IwAR1TLEZBmwXKFMJGfvA6NEuwRzvRUXrK4oABaTxeeI8IrGsTwzV_3-JdBLg#/Senate/438/01-28-2019/02-05-2019/Schedule/5370//Bill/ -
Request for Proposal: Study of the Current and Ongoing Effects of the Operation of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
The Washington State Department Of Commerce is initiating this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from firms interested in participating in a project to study the current and ongoing effects of the operation of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and report those findings to the Washington State Legislature. The Washington State Legislature formally asked Commerce on -
…Except For The City Of SeaTac (Mea Culpa)
In my last post I made an error of fact so egregious that it demands not just a quick ‘We regret the error’ but an actual post of its own. Well… sort of. I wrote “Except for Burien, no electeds sit on any of those Airport Committees.” Well of course, that was just plain wrong–as -
The Briefing Project
Steve Edmiston’s film -
Sibling Rivalry
Last night the Burien City Council passed the four resolutions created by their Airport Committee. We’ve discussed them a bit before and likely will do so again as they are well-crafted and cover most of the main issues that all the sister-cities will need to address if the region is to successfully confront the Port -
Burien City Council Meeting
Vote on four important resolutions by the Burien Airport Committee. 7:00pm City Hall, 400 SW 152nd St., Council Chambers -
East Boston Air Quality Project
Olin College of Engineering One of Olin’s Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) team’s is working with a community group in East Boston, as well as Aerodyne to find a low cost way to monitor air quality.