Car ownership in city declines as a result of 'Seattle Squeeze'
SEATTLE – Car ownership in Seattle is down for the first time in decades.
Tacoma seeing population, construction boom, too
TACOMA, Wash. -- With Seattle getting more crowded and more expensive, many people are moving south.Pierce County is seeing a population boom, including cities like Bonney Lake, which is seeing a 31% increase.And Tacoma residents are seeing services they have never had before -- services like Uber and Uber Eats.
Chinese investors buying up Puget Sound properties, affecting housing market as a whole
SEATTLE -- When you think the housing market couldn’t get any hotter, it does and continues to set records.The median price of a home sold in the Seattle area went for more than $700,000 last month.On the Eastside, the price was even higher at nearly $900,000.The skyrocketing prices can be a good thing if you already own a home but for buyers the market is tough.And foreign investors are making it even harder.
Some unmarried couples co-buying homes as housing prices soar
Living the American Dream in the Puget Sound will cost you big bucks. That’s why the perfect house with the white picket fence is an unrealistic dream for many people searching for housing especially in Seattle.
Is there any glimmer of hope for prospective home buyers in Western Washington?
Is there any glimmer of hope for prospective home buyers in Western Washington?The short answer is, nope."For the foreseeable future prices are going to continue to escalate because of the very simple economic fundamentals of supply and demand," said Chief Economist for Windermere Real Estate Matthew Gardner.With about 1,000 people moving to Seattle every week, Gardner says there are far more buyers than there are sellers in the Seattle metropolitan area right now."Given that migration pattern, that's going to put a lot of pressure on house prices unless we start seeing builders building more...
23rd Avenue and East Union: 'Displacement is real and there are efforts to push against that'
There is one block in Seattle's Central District that some say is the test site for gentrification. The area around 23rd Avenue and East Union Street was once a bustling African-American community.
Population boom in the Northwest: What can be done to lessen the impacts?
SEATTLE -- We call it The Squeeze: How the skyrocketing housing costs and growing gridlock are squeezing many of us out of the place we call home.We're focusing here on the booming population in the Pacific Northwest -- how it’s impacting all of us and what can be done, if anything, to lessen the effects on the region we love.Our picturesque waterways…And majestic mountains...We have unrivaled natural beauty, which has brought people to the Northwest for generations.But relatively recently, there’s been another allure: Opportunity.Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco and more -- companies that are changing the world and our region, bringing about a population explosion.
Light rail across I-90 floating bridge will be first of its kind; closures of HOV lanes start June 3
Sound Transit’s $3.7 billion project connecting light rail to the Eastside over the I-90 bridge gets started June 1.
Puget Sound's traffic is 10th worst in US -- Are HOT lanes the answer to clogged freeways?
It's no surprise that Puget Sound's traffic is the 10th worst in the country -- and it's only expected to get worse with a million more people moving into the region in the next two decades.
Will self-driving cars solve Western Washington's traffic problems?
As drivers in our region spend more and more time stuck in traffic, we want to put a spotlight on what many are calling the most promising solution: driverless cars.
Sound Transit 3: Could we see a do-over vote?
We are taking a look at the buyer’s remorse surrounding Sound Transit 3, the $54 billion ballot measure to expand light rail and other mass transit in the region.
Construction road closures lead to big bucks for SDOT
As a member of the South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce, Archambault knows the temporary pain of the seemingly random hodgepodge of closure times and destruction is by design.
It may be Seattle's last free parking lot, and it may be gone
SEATTLE – Some business owners in a West Seattle shopping area are concerned the free parking lots behind their buildings may be developed or start charging customers.“It’s the only way our customers in the West Seattle area can get here anymore,” said Jack Miller, owner of Husky Deli.
Fake 'no parking' signs are popping up around Seattle; here's how to spot them
SEATTLE -- With all the trouble finding open parking spots in Seattle, it's no surprise fake "no parking" signs are popping up around the city.
$72,000 means you're low income in King and Snohomish County
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its revised income limits for 2017. The report shows if you make $72,000 or less for a family of four in King and Snohomish County, you are considered low income.
WSDOT: Congestion, bottlenecks growing across Western Washington
The Federal Highway Administration said 40% of congestion on freeways comes from bottlenecks. The kinks in the commute limit capacity of an entire stretch of interstate and are increasing congestion across Western Washington.
Drivers react to opening of peak-use shoulder lane on I-405
Drivers on Interstate 405 in the Bothell area should see some relief this week as the shoulder opens up to traffic.
It's nothing new... the "Mercer Mess" has been around 57 years (at least)
SEATTLE-- The city of Seattle is paying for a new traffic cameras and sensors for Mercer Street in order to bring some relief to commuters.
Million dollars a minute? Traffic light syncing comes to the 'Mercer Mess'
SEATTLE -- Thanks to some sensors, algorithms, and a little helping touch of the human hand, the Seattle Department of Transportation hopes to make the mania on Mercer Street in South Lake Union a little easier to handle.
New ride-share apps offer flexible commutes, but at what cost?
SEATTLE -- The majority of people who commute to work choose to drive alone.