Seattle Metro Apartment Production Jumps to 7th in Nation, as Industry Rebounds to 50-Year...

Rumors of a slowdown were averted, but how long can Seattle keep it up with its permitting maze and restrictive zoning unsolved? The pandemic has...

SDOT Studying High Capacity Transit for the Roosevelt Corridor

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is studying options for transit improvements in the Roosevelt corridor between Downtown and Northgate. Although Sound Transit is...

Seattle Tops 730,000 Residents in 2018, State and Region Continue to Grow

New population estimates for 2018 have been released by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The estimates differ from the annual census...

Observing People in Pike Place, Part 2

Article Note: This is the second installment in a series on observations of people in Pike Place. See Part 1 for a brief background of public...

Commute Seattle Reports Downtown Drive-Alone Rate Dropped To 30%

Commute Seattle has released their biennual report on commuting habits to Downtown Seattle. The raw numbers from 2016 show that Seattle's drive-alone rate continues...

Redmond Sees New Neighborhood Burgeon Around Marymoor Park as Light Rail Arrives

The 2017 Marymoor Village growth center has led to a number of larger multifamily developments in the area around Marymoor Park in Southeast Redmond. This weekend, light rail finally arrives.

Nearly Six Million Residents in Central Puget Sound By 2050, PSRC Says

On Thursday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) unveiled new growth projections through 2050. The metropolitan planning organization is projecting 1.8 million more residents...

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.