Remote teaching is about to get a little bit easier for thousands of teachers in Seattle Public Schools. The nonprofit organization “Two Screens for Teachers” announced Tuesday that it’s purchasing… Read More
Being able to walk away from your home and easily access amenities nearby adds value to that home, Redfin reports in a new analysis of its Walk Score feature. The… Read More
Seattle isn’t as easy to get around as New York or San Francisco when it comes to traveling by foot, but it’s still fairly simple to navigate without a car. According… Read More
Seattle-based Redfin just stumbled on a deal in its backyard that was simply too good to pass up. The real estate brokerage today is announcing the acquisition of Walk Score,… Read More
Fewer and fewer Americans are driving these days, instead relying on public transit and their legs as a means of transportation. This makes Walk Score’s ranking of the country’s most… Read More
Walk Score already told you about commute times, but the Seattle startup just added a new feature that takes traffic into account during rush hour commute. Based on data from traffic… Read More
Real estate agents looking to create their own branded apps now have a solution thanks to a partnership between three Seattle-area startups. Bellevue real estate marketing company Imprev just debuted… Read More
Some city streets are safer than others. And now Walk Score — best known for placing a walkability rating of 1 to 100 on homes and businesses— is looking to… Read More
Well, I guess the stereotypes of Portland are true. (At least as they relate to the city’s famous bike culture). According to a new ranking from Seattle startup Walk Score… Read More
It’s time to cast your vote in one of the most hotly contested categories of this year’s GeekWire Awards: App of the Year. Competing for your vote are a great… Read More
(Thanks to Twitter user @TroyJMorris for the Aaron Sorkin “Walk and Talk” tip — hence the video above) For those working every day, and especially in the startup world, it’s… Read More
How many coffee shops are within a 20-minute walking distance radius in downtown Seattle? What about grocery stores? Restaurants? Walk Score‘s new ChoiceMaps tool can answer those questions and more.… Read More
Portland has the donuts, Seattle has the coffee and Vancouver, B.C. has the … sidewalks. Walk Score, a Seattle-based company that promotes walkable neighborhoods, just ranked the most walkable cities… Read More
When Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around every year, big-name businesses usually dominate the conversation and airwaves. Walk Score, a Seattle-based company that promotes walkable neighborhoods, wants to remind us… Read More
Seattle’s Walk Score today rolled out a series of new community-oriented features for the Web site and iPhone app that allow individuals to get more information — primarily via photos… Read More
You’ve heard of Walk Score, which assigns a ranking of 0 to 100 to homes and apartments based on how close they are to schools, transit, restaurants and more. Now,… Read More
As a parent with an energetic toddler, I sometimes struggle to find restaurants that have the right balance of good food and entertainment when dining with a two-and-a-half year old.… Read More
Walk Score, which has made a name for itself ranking neighborhoods by how easy it is to walk to amenities and transit, is now rolling out its first ratings of… Read More
Seattle startup Walk Score is rolling out a new search function that allows would-be apartment dwellers to find the perfect neighborhood — discovering rental properties that are close to coffee… Read More
As gas prices soar and commute times lengthen, Walk Score CEO Josh Herst thinks Americans are going to ditch their cars in larger numbers. Instead, he believes they will demand “more walkable… Read More
Walk Score already helps people figure out the most walkable properties in cities across the country, assigning a score from 1 to 100 based on how close homes are to… Read More