Seattle In Progress Gets An Update
When Seattle In Progress was launched back in November, it was a revolutionary way for locals to be in-the-know on development projects across Seattle. Our...
Top Apps Emerge from Seattle’s Commute Hackathon
At the end of Seattle's Hack the Commute on Sunday night the judges selected three potentially game-changing software applications for further development. Over the...
Map of the Week: Hotspots for Tourists and Locals
Who knew you could make beauty out of tweets? Data and map guru Eric Fischer recently released a series of maps via Mapbox called...
Downtown Sees Big Growth, And That’s Good for Seattle
The Downtown Seattle Association released their 2015 State of Downtown Economic Report and things are looking good. We’re number one in, well, a lot:...
Can’t Stop the Sound Transit Train, Growth at Breakneck Speed
Time and time again, we wonder: when will transit rider growth diminish? And time and time again, we've been pleasantly surprised that it hasn't...
Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious...
Sunday Video: Building Seattle One Permit At A Time
http://youtu.be/7rmk9X0ZYto
Seattle Building Permits Visualization by data.seattle.gov on YouTube.
A short visualization of building permits in Seattle since 2006. This is astounding!
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...