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2025-11-19What’s the Deal with Indoor Air Quality? A Conversation with Georgia Lagoudas
This document is a podcast transcript from the Volts podcast discussing indoor air quality, featuring Dr. Georgia Lagoudas, a biosecurity expert and Senior Fellow at Brown University's Pandemic Center. The conversation covers why indoor air quality has been historically overlooked compared to outdoor air, its growing importance in the context of climate change and pandemics, and a Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air launched at the United Nations in September 2025. Note: this document does not contain content related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. -
2025-11-19
What’s the Deal with Indoor Air Quality? A Conversation with Georgia Lagoudas
Volts podcast transcript from November 19, 2025, hosted by David Roberts, featuring Dr. Georgia Lagoudas of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health. Topics include indoor air quality as a public health priority, the Clean Indoor Air Initiative, the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air launched at the UN General Assembly in -
2023-10-10Sea-Tac Airport Passenger Volume Data and Forecast 2019–2025
A slide from a Sea-Tac Airport presentation showing passenger volume data from 2019 to 2025 (in millions), including actual figures and forecasts. The chart shows a COVID-19-related drop to 20.0 million passengers in 2020 (-61.3% vs. 2019) with projected recovery to 54.3 million by 2025, exceeding pre-pandemic 2019 levels of 51.8 million by 4.9%. -
2023-01-01The Reimagined Workplace 2023: Striking a Delicate Balance
This 2023 Conference Board report examines workplace trends following the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that 56 percent of workers continue to work hybrid or fully remote schedules despite many organizations pushing for a return to the office. The report highlights the challenges HR leaders face in balancing employee preferences for flexible work arrangements against executive concerns over productivity, culture, and innovation. Note: this document addresses general workplace policy trends and does not contain content specific to Sea-Tac Airport or aviation noise policy. -
2022-03-31Port Of Seattle Q1 2022 financial performance report
The Port of Seattle's Q1 2022 Financial Performance Report, covering January through March 2022, shows the organization still recovering from COVID-19 impacts, with airport passenger volumes rebounding but running about 7.6% below 2019 levels. Total operating revenues reached $166.6 million, exceeding budget by $21 million, driven largely by federal concessionaire relief grants and stronger-than-expected parking revenue. The report also highlights record cruise activity, rising grain volumes, and continued community investment programs including environmental grants for urban restoration projects. -
Tableau Historic Operations 2005-2020
A data table sourced from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showing historic aircraft operations from 2005 to 2020, broken down by Air Carrier, Air Taxi, General Aviation, and Military/Training categories, along with total operations and percent change from prior year. The table shows a sharp -34.3% decline in total operations in 2020, dropping to 296,048, compared to 450,487 in 2019. -
Tableau Historic Passenger Levels 2005-2020
A Port of Seattle Business Intelligence dashboard showing Sea-Tac Airport's historic air passenger levels from 2005 to 2020, broken down by domestic and international deplaned/enplaned totals. The report highlights a 61.3% decline in total passengers in 2020 (20,045,348) compared to a peak of 51,829,239 in 2019, reflecting the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on air travel. -
2021-11-17City of SeaTac/Highline Forum
A November 2021 City of SeaTac/Highline Forum presentation reviewed the city's COVID-19 financial recovery, noting that while sales tax revenues rose 50% compared to 2020, they remained 27.4% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Parking tax revenues also continued to lag significantly, down 72% in 2020 and still down 42% in 2021, reflecting the ongoing impact of reduced airport activity on city finances. -
TSA Passenger Volume at Small Vacation Airports vs. National Average, Apr 2020–Mar 2021
Chart from Transportation Security Administration data, analyzed by Kevin Williams, showing 7-day rolling average daily passenger volume at small vacation-oriented airports compared to the February 2020 baseline. As of approximately March 2021, the national average stood at 64% of pre-pandemic levels, while many small vacation airports had recovered to or above the February 2020 average. -
2021-05-26The Highline Forum City of Federal Way update
Mayor Jim Ferrell presented a City of Federal Way update to The Highline Forum on May 26, 2021, framing the post-COVID reopening as an opportunity rather than a challenge. The city highlighted its pandemic response efforts, including partnering with local organizations to keep food banks stocked and providing $500,000 in rental assistance to struggling families, with 80% of those funds directed to historically marginalized communities.