‘Two Screens for Teachers’ to supply extra monitors in Seattle and puts out call for help in other cities Remote teaching is about to get a little bit easier for thousands of teachers in Seattle Public Schools. The nonprofit… Read More
Redfin puts a dollar figure on walkability, analyzing how much one Walk Score point affects home prices Being able to walk away from your home and easily access amenities nearby adds value to that home, Redfin reports… Read More
Seattle lands at No. 8 in Redfin’s Walk Score report of U.S. cities Seattle isn’t as easy to get around as New York or San Francisco when it comes to traveling by foot,… Read More
Redfin buys Walk Score, marking first acquisition in company history Seattle-based Redfin just stumbled on a deal in its backyard that was simply too good to pass up. The real… Read More
America’s most walkable cities: No. 1 New York; No. 2 San Francisco; No. 8 Seattle Fewer and fewer Americans are driving these days, instead relying on public transit and their legs as a means of… Read More
Calculating congestion: Walk Score adds travel times for rush hour Walk Score already told you about commute times, but the Seattle startup just added a new feature that takes traffic into… Read More
Imprev partners with Walk Score, INRIX to help real estate agents create branded apps Real estate agents looking to create their own branded apps now have a solution thanks to a partnership between three… Read More
Avoid these neighborhoods: Walk Score adds crime reports Some city streets are safer than others. And now Walk Score — best known for placing a walkability rating of… Read More
The top 10 bike-friendly cities in America: Yes, Portland coasts to the top of the list Well, I guess the stereotypes of Portland are true. (At least as they relate to the city’s famous bike culture).… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote here for App of the Year It’s time to cast your vote in one of the most hotly contested categories of this year’s GeekWire Awards: App… Read More
Here’s why your next meeting should be spent walking, not sitting (Thanks to Twitter user @TroyJMorris for the Aaron Sorkin “Walk and Talk” tip — hence the video above) For those… Read More
Walk Score tool measures neighborhood access for restaurants, schools, coffee How many coffee shops are within a 20-minute walking distance radius in downtown Seattle? What about grocery stores? Restaurants? Walk… Read More
How far is the Sheraton from the Space Needle? Walk Score unveils hotel finder Walk Score is best known for their rankings of residences, assigning a score on a scale of 1 to 100… Read More
Vancouver beats out Seattle, Portland as most walkable city Portland has the donuts, Seattle has the coffee and Vancouver, B.C. has the … sidewalks. Walk Score, a Seattle-based company… Read More
Small business, big impact: Support your local shops this holiday with Walk Score When Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around every year, big-name businesses usually dominate the conversation and airwaves. Walk Score,… Read More
Get to know your neighborhood: Walk Score unveils new crowd-sourced pictorial guides Seattle’s Walk Score today rolled out a series of new community-oriented features for the Web site and iPhone app that… Read More
Bike Score arrives, analyzing the most bike-friendly cities You’ve heard of Walk Score, which assigns a ranking of 0 to 100 to homes and apartments based on how… Read More
KidScore: The best places to eat with your screaming kids As a parent with an energetic toddler, I sometimes struggle to find restaurants that have the right balance of good… Read More
Walk Score reveals transit system rankings of 25 cities Walk Score, which has made a name for itself ranking neighborhoods by how easy it is to walk to amenities… Read More
Walk Score shows renters how close they’ll live to coffee shops and car shares Seattle startup Walk Score is rolling out a new search function that allows would-be apartment dwellers to find the perfect… Read More
Walk Score propels forward with $2 million, promises commutes that ‘don’t suck’ As gas prices soar and commute times lengthen, Walk Score CEO Josh Herst thinks Americans are going to ditch their cars in… Read More
What’s a 45-minute commute to Microsoft look like? Walk Score maps may have the answer Walk Score already helps people figure out the most walkable properties in cities across the country, assigning a score from… Read More
