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Jobs growing at brisk pace

In the first three months of the year, the region added over 16,000 jobs. In March alone, the region gained 9,400 jobs, or about 303 jobs per day. All four central Puget Sound counties — King, Pierce...

Dave Somers and Bruce Dammeier to lead PSRC

Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers has been elected President of the Puget Sound Regional Council. Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier has been elected Vice President. The two were elected in...

Grand opening for Kitsap Transit’s fast ferry

Kitsap Transit’s new fast ferry had a ceremonial sailing today with Governor Jay Inslee, Representative Derek Kilmer, Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent and other supporters on board to help celebrate. The...

Population grows at fast pace in 2017

The region gained another 82,000 people in the last year, reaching a total population of 4,067,000 as of April 1, 2017. This was the second year in a row that the region experienced population growth...

Public comment sought on proposed ferry fare increase

The Washington State Transportation Commission has released a proposal to increase ferry fares over the next two years and will take action on this proposal at PSRC on July 26. The recently passed...

Population growing in urban areas

In the last year Seattle experienced record growth as population surged past 700,000. Since 2010, Seattle’s population has grown by 105,000, placing it at the top of a ranking of 10 cities with the...

Peer networking lunch on Thursday, July 20

This month's peer networking lunch will feature a new program sponsored by Bellevue, Microsoft, and UW to reduce traffic deaths.  The new collaboration is called Video Analytics Towards Vision Zero ...

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Upgrades to Colman Dock began in July

Get ready for major improvements to Colman Dock, downtown Seattle's ferry terminal.  The Washington State Department of Transportation has begun a five-year $350 million upgrade to the terminal and...

Construction begins on new Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal

The long-awaited upgrade to Mukilteo terminal includes many sought after features.  The project will provide new passenger, maintenance, and supervisor buildings as well as new toll booths. The new...

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