Debunking Carbrains’ Dumb Groceries Argument
The distance to carry a bag of food is only argued against cities, never getting them to your car in the first place.
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285 Reasons Seattle’s Zoning is an [Unfunny] Joke
Strangely, it is very difficult to answer the question: "How many zones does Seattle have?" That alone suggests an uncomfortable answer.
The Seattle Municipal Code...
Where Did King County Metro’s Ridership Go?
A third of King County Metro's pre-pandemic transit ridership has yet to return, and many agencies are seeing stronger rebounds. Where did the bus riders go?
Map of the Week: Average Annual Household Carbon Emissions
We are a carbon-based society. Our daily lives are built around our ability to acquire and consume goods, produce things, move freely from one...
International District Development Wave Comes with Growing Pains and Opportunities
More than 4,500 homes have been constructed, permitted, or proposed in the Chinatown-International District since 2019 -- 1,240 units of them affordable, based on...
Rents In San Francisco Are Determined By Demand, New Data Show
Slightly better than the worst possible outcome (detail), by Christine Hou
By putting together 60+ years of housing data, much of it gathered from newspaper microfiche,...
Over 90% of Seattle’s New Buildings Are Mixed-Use or Multi-Family
The City of Seattle released new construction data on January 15th and it shows a remarkable amount of new building. There were 8,311 housing...
2019 Population Estimates Have Seattle Pushing 750,000 with Steady Growth
Seattle, King County, and Washington State growth rates all stabilized for the last year of this long decade.
The Office of Financial Management's (OFM) April...