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Urban areas attracting population and job growth

The central Puget Sound region has seen a surge of growth in recent years, adding 376,000 people since 2010, and is now home to more than 4 million people. The region’s VISION 2040 growth strategy,...

Tukwila, Pierce County, Seattle & Bellevue projects moving ahead

More transportation projects around the region are ready to move forward.  On Thursday, the Transportation Policy Board will take up a recommendation to add three projects to the Regional...

Total vehicle miles in region increase slightly

Total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the central Puget Sound region increased by half a percent in 2017, continuing a trend observed over the last few years. The uptick in total VMT is consistent...

Telecommuting growing in the region

In 2018 there were nearly 150,000 workers telecommuting in the central Puget Sound region, an increase of over 50% from 2010. The chart below shows the change between 2010 and 2018 in terms of the...

Strong growth in passenger travel through Sea-Tac Airport

Passenger travel through Sea-Tac Airport is off to a robust start in 2018. More than 23 million passengers passed through the airport in the first six months of 2018, a 6% increase over last year...

Sea-Tac one of the busiest U.S. airports

Passenger volumes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport hit a record with more than 49 million passengers traveling through the airport in 2018. !function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e....

Sea-Tac Airport busier than ever

Passenger and air cargo activity at Sea-Tac Airport continues to grow. More than 46 million passengers passed through the airport in 2017, a 2.6 percent increase compared to the previous year. While...

Sea-Tac Airport activity grows at steady pace

Passenger volumes at Sea-Tac Airport continue to increase. Over 24 million passengers passed through the airport during the first six months of the year. That’s a 41% increase compared to the...

Region’s transit ridership climbs to new heights

Transit boardings grew past 220 million by the end of 2017, an increase of 5 million over the previous year. This is a 2.3% increase in transit ridership across the region. Transit ridership has...

Region’s growth in transit boardings leads the nation

Not surprisingly, as home to the fastest growing city in the U.S., the region has outpaced the nation in other types of growth. The central Puget Sound experienced the highest total increase in...

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