What’s hot and what’s not in Seattle? June 7, 2006
Where to invest next in Seattle/Eastside neighborhoods? I’ve been thinking about the list Seattle Metropolitan Magazine came up in April (see below). With gas prices up, rapid transit going in, I think the next hot spots will be along those rapid transit routes like what happened in San Francisco and Portland.
Here are 2 lists, one [...]
Interesting Insurance Program from King County Metro February 7, 2006
I just received a newsletter from Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute that describes an innovative project that is being tested by King County Metro.
King County Metro, the Washington State Department of Transportation and other partners has $2,2 million to develop a Pay As You Drive (PAYD) Insurance Pilot project for Washington [...]
Healthier Living Involves an Urban Home January 29, 2006
A recent study was just released that concludes that living in a walkable neighborhood is healthier than living in the suburbs! Another good reason to live in Seattle!
The Seattlest nominated this article for the “No Shit Sherlock” department in that it does not take a study to conclude that people who walk [...]
Yahoo Maps is Now Driving Innovation! November 3, 2005
I’ve been waiting (and searching) for a mapping site that gives multi-destination directions and the new (still in Beta) Yahoo Maps definitely delivers!
Here are some of the features that I have wanted to see in an on-line maps and how the Beta Yahoo Maps stands up:
Multi-destination: This allows you to type in a [...]
With a little help from Flexcar September 26, 2005
With gas prices seeming to rise on a daily basis it seems like a good time to mention a little bit about Flexcar.
The Seattle Times describes the idea behind the organization pretty well in this article: Fueled by Flexcar. In short, Flexcar provides cars at specified locations throughout the City of Seattle [...]
Inbox: Where to Live Within Biking Distance of UW? September 20, 2005
I had someone email me the other day with an interesting question, and I thought I would share my response… and then see if anyone in the community could improve upon it.
Question: I’m moving to Seattle and interested in finding a neighborhood where I can bike to my work at the University of Washington (UW). [...]
How far is too far to commute? July 25, 2005
The most common question I get from people moving to Seattle regards their potential commute… The question typically follows this format:
“How far away from my work can I live and still have a reasonable commute?”
It doesn’t really matter whether the person is planning to work in Downtown Seattle, Downtown Bellevue, the [...]
Monorail Death Watch July 18, 2005
Inspired by Timothy Noah’s Death Watch (the latest regarding Karl Rove) series on slate, I’m tempted to start something on the Monorail as the whole operation seems to be in a death spiral lately… However, rather than go for the jugular, I’ve decided to give my view on how the monorail’s future became so dire. [...]
Bus Monster! WOW! June 14, 2005
I just ran across the best google map hack yet:
Seattle Bus Monster
and the more I browse the site, the more impressed I am.
Some of the things to notice:
real time bus location information with estimated arrival times!
real time traffic cameras
bus stop information
the ability to search for a bus top and/or route
route markers drawn over [...]
Zoom… monorail agreement finally reached June 3, 2005
The Seattle Times is reporting that an agreement has finally been reached to build the monorail. As stated in a previous post, you can be pretty sure that high-capacity transit will increase property values.
On a related note, does it seem odd to anyone else that they announced the agreement on a Friday afternoon?
After all, [...]
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