South Sound

Sharks in Lake Washington: Renton Business Pitch Competition to Award Up to $10,000

Have you ever dreamt of owning a business in a walkable urban neighborhood? You might find that opportunity awaits you in Renton, where the...
Text reads Ferndale... and housing for all with the image of lady liberty from the Metallica album "And Justice for All"

Housing Notes: Social Housing Leads, Coalition Urges Bolder One Seattle Plan, Affordable U District...

In this installment of Housing Notes, we focus on Seattle where there's a bevy of housing news to report on, and then make a...

Minimum Wage Initiative Launches in Renton, Builds Off Successes in South King County

Hot off the coattails of a resounding electoral victory to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila, a new coalition has formed to launch a...

Report Highlights Puget Sound’s Housing Deficit and Zoning Reform Potential

On Thursday, Urban Institute released a new report focused on the Seattle metropolitan region that is sure to be of interest to urbanists and...

A User’s Guide to the Tacoma Line T Hilltop Extension

A lot of transit buzz in the Northwest recently has been about our regional light rail system, Line 1 and Line 2, being expanded...
Nighttime rendering of the suspension station option. (Pierce Transit)

Pierce Transit Plans ‘Stream’ BRT Expansion, Bus Lane Cutbacks on First Line

Pierce Transit is advancing its new bus rapid transit (BRT) program, Stream, with a first line planned from Tacoma to Spanaway that the agency...

2020 Point-in-Time Report Shows Homelessness Continues to Climb in King County

Data reveals a 5% increase in people living on the streets from 2019. In the earliest hours of the morning on January 24th, 2020,...

BRT Chosen For Tacoma-Spanaway Bus Corridor By Pierce Transit

Last week, the Pierce Transit Board of Directors formally took the step to decide the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for an upgraded transit corridor...