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Seattle housing affordability advocates have been working on some common sense reforms, including one that would allow accessory dwelling units, like granny flats, in single-family neighborhoods. But even that modest change is encountering resistance from some homeowners. And ironically they're drawing strength from the state's environmental laws.

The conventional wisdom holds that the boom in online retail is causing a big increase in truck traffic. But economist Joe Cortright is skeptical.

One way around the problem of big trucks is to divide deliveries into smaller loads, carried with smaller vehicles.