Sunday Video: The 15 Million Home Vacancy Conspiracy Theory Debunked
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd debunks the myth that vacant homes could single-handedly solve the housing crisis, explaining with data why America doesn't have anywhere close to 15 million homes readily available to fill the national housing shortage.
2014 Puget Sound Travel Study Shows Surprising Findings In Regional Commute Habits
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released its most recent findings on regional commuting trends for 2014. Since 1961, the region has cobbled together commute...
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...
Sunday Video: The Surprising Math of Cities and Corporations
Physicist Geoffrey West explores how natural laws apply to biology, cities, and corporations, predicting everything from walking speeds to crime and health.
Downtown Bellevue Anticipates a Wave of Mega-Projects
Among the many projects up for consideration in Downtown Bellevue, a significant faction stands out for the sheer scale of its developments. These projects...
Observing People in Pike Place, Part 1
Article Note: This is the first installment of a series on observations of people in Pike Place. Part 1 focuses on existing design features...
Seattle Region’s Extensive Blanket of Exclusionary Zoning Illustrated in New Study
It's no secret that restrictive zoning is prevalent in the Seattle metropolitan area, but a new study underway at the Urban Institute is taking...
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...







