Is A 15-Minute Ride from Seattle to Portland Possible?

Seattle PI | Daniel DeMay | May 18

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Photos-Hyperloops-super-trains-Can-we-get-11154474.php

“Here in Seattle, where traffic seems to plague even the mildest hours of the day or night, we don’t even like to think about getting in the car for a miserable Friday afternoon jaunt to Portland.  Traffic can turn the trek into an all-day road trip. It’s bad enough that some people will gladly pay to fly between the two cities, rather than fight it out on the interstate. That could change if a local group manages to win with its pitch to create a hyperloop route (what could be the first publicly available route in the world) that would take passengers from Seattle to Portland in 15 minutes. Pacific Hyperloop, a group founded by University of Washington students, managed to get selected as one of 35 finalists in the Hyperloop One Global Challenge – to come up with a viable hyperloop route.”

 

Alaska Air to Begin Service at Second Seattle-Area Airport in 2018

Reuters | Alwyn Scott | May 17

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-air-group-seattle-idUSKCN18D2OL

“Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) said on Wednesday it plans to begin scheduled flights from a second Seattle-area airport next year, giving it exclusive access to a growing part of the Pacific Northwest’s Puget Sound region. Alaska Air’s plan to fly Boeing Co (BA.N) 737 and Embraer (EMBR3.SA) 175 jets from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, starting in the fall of 2018 marks the first commercial service from the airfield, located 31 miles north of Seattle. Alaska plans to provide nine daily flights from the airfield, which is adjacent to Boeing’s widebody aircraft factory. Alaska has not yet specified the destinations. ‘As our region continues to grow at a record pace and Sea-Tac Airport nears capacity, the time is right to bring air service to … the North Sound,’ Alaska Airlines Chief Executive Brad Tilden said in a statement.”

 

Is Seattle the Emerald City or Crane City? A View of City’s Construction Boom from Up Top

Q13 FOX | Brian Flores | May 16

http://q13fox.com/2017/05/16/is-seattle-the-emerald-city-or-crane-city-take-a-view-of-citys-construction-boom-from-up-top/

“Seattle is, of course, known as the Emerald City. But because of a construction boom that we’ve seen, some say Seattle is known as ‘Crane City,’ too. Just drive into downtown Seattle and you see construction cranes all over the city landscape. To get a peek into Seattle’s future, all you have to do is look up.”

 

Seattle Has Reversed A Decades-Long Trend of Rising Car Ownership – And Millennials Are The Reason

Seattle Times | Gene Balk | May 12

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-has-reversed-a-decades-long-trend-of-car-ownership-and-millennials-are-the-reason/

“Has Seattle reached ‘peak car’? When it comes to the rate of ownership, it sure looks that way…At the start of this decade, someone under the age of 35 was just as likely to own a car as anyone else in Seattle. Five years later, car ownership among the city’s young had declined by about 3 percentage points.”