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Nearly 50 Million Passengers Moved Through Sea-Tac Airport in 2018

Sea-Tac International Airport continues to post incredible passenger growth. In 2018, the airport moved 49,849,520 passengers, just shy of the magic 50-million mark. Passengers...

Midweek Video: Where is the Densest Place in the United States?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9_MbaEoY4 In this video short, Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about the how the United States Census Bureau measures population and highlights an oddity...

What the 2018 Population Estimate Tells Us About Flattening Rents in Seattle

Seattle rents appeared to have flattened beginning late last year. Since then, as subsequent rent surveys strengthened the pattern, the consistent explanation has been the...

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...

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...

The Cost of Vision Zero

Every life is precious, and over the course of a year, thousands of lives in Seattle are impacted by traffic violence. In just the past...

Blasting Past 700,000: Seattle Gained 20,847 People In One Year

Seattle is back on top. Among big cities, Seattle is growing faster than any other (on a percentage basis) as it added 20,847 people...

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...