Last week the Seattle Times published an article identifying Seattle as the fastest growing big city. Seattle added nearly 18,000 new residents (a 2.8% growth from the year before) bringing Seattle's total population up to about 652,000. As the Seattle population grows, so do the cuts to the Seattle Metro transit seem all the more terrible for the city.
Seattle Times article: "Census: Seattle is the fastest-growing big city in the U.S."