From neighborhood litter cleanups to bike repair workshops, it's been a busy week of community building in Kirkland! Want to stay in the loop on local parking studies and Iceplex developments? Read the latest updates here

Let’s keep our streets beautiful! Join us for a litter pick-up on Sunday, July 19. We’re meeting at 9 AM to tidy up in North Juanita and Kingsgate. We'll provide all the tools you need—just bring your energy! Sign up to help here #Kirkland

Bikes are rad.

Check out this week's update from Liveable Kirkland! We’re covering local Juneteenth events, updates on Central Way bike and pedestrian improvements, the Totem Lake SIS, and more. Read the full update here: https://newsletter.liveablekirkland.org/p/liveable-kirkland-newsletter-06-07-26

Great news: The Cross Kirkland Corridor trail is officially open! While the new multi-use path linking to the forthcoming BRT station isn't quite ready yet, the main trail below is clear for travel. How are you planning to enjoy the path this week?

@liveablekirkland.org is doing another run of the END CAR DEPENDENCY stickers. If you want in on the group buy (like, if you want hundreds of stickers), let me know. We're looking at approx $18/100 stickers. @sngreenways.bsky.social @eastsideurbanism.org @cascade.org @moveredmond.org

Kirkland Bike Valet gets a shout-out! Thanks @bestsidecycling.com!

Some rad volunteers joined us to gather signatures for our K Line support letter! Thanks so much to them and to the 35+ people who added their names to our letter. You still can sign on too! Your name & support helps us bring better transit to Bellevue. buff.ly/ntatTdE

We're happy to be the special guest at tomorrow evening's @eastsideurbanism.org meetup! If you want to learn about what's going on in Bellevue transportation and get plugged in, this is one you won't want to miss! www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

if you want to build your own or learn more, everything is open source on GitHub: github.com/EastsideUrba...

AH I LOVE THIS THING! 😍 thanks to everyone who showed interest in this project & came out to the build party today! 🥰 wish there had been more time for socializing! it's possible we'll do it again, or feel free to make your own! github.com/EastsideUrba...

Join us and let's make some new connections and strengthen some existing ones! 💪🧡

This morning we had a special guest bicycle - a rehabilitated tandem 90's mountain bike! It got its first two-person ride down the CKC!

We shouldn't have to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of tools for them to end up sitting in a closet or a garage for most of the year. That isn't worth the money or the space. Why not start a tool library so we can purchase once and share forever? 🛠💚

How can Kirkland’s response to homelessness evolve with changing conditions? Community Forums on Homelessness in Kirkland Feb 24 or Feb 26, 5-7pm: A brief presentation from City staff, then facilitated, small-group discussions with Councilmembers, City staff, and fellow community members.

We've joined forces w/ @eastsideurbanism.org and @liveablekirkland.org to draft a letter urging Bellevue & Kirkland leaders to make transit in our communities faster & more reliable with things like bus lanes, queue jumps, and more! Sign on here: forms.gle/N9FpaLMord3w...

1 minute lunch time advocacy opportunity: Sign in pro for corner stores right now: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie... #WALeg

That's us! ❤️☕🚲

Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004. A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do. Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. *Sound on*

Timothée Chalamet showing us that the car is not always the correct tool.

Sign in PRO for HB 1491 (Transit-Oriented Development) and ALSO for HB 1403 (Condominium Reform)! app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Welcoming our friends and neighbors at @csbellevue.bsky.social to the party! 🎉

“Implementing raised crosswalks across a state highway ramp is a pretty big step with few other precedents in the state, and illustrates how far WSDOT has come on safety upgrades in recent years.”

Sign in PRO✅for transit-oriented development (HB 1491)!🚌🚋🏘️

If they can put raised crosswalks across I-90 ramps, surely the City Of Kirkland can use them at CKC crossings.

Want to make transit better? We need people at the table who rely on it and care deeply about making it work better for our communities. Sign in PRO for HB 1418 (PTBA Governing Board Members) app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...

If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.

“As researchers and good planners have long understood, it’s far cheaper to build and maintain public infrastructure to service denser forms of housing than it is to service low-density sprawl. It’s one of those intuitive truths that is also borne out by decades of research.”

It doesn't HAVE to be this way. We get a choice. We just have to make it.

Senior citizens bear a disproportionate share of the roadway mortality burden, especially when they’re pedestrians. gothamist.com/news/woman-w...

New homes are a very small percentage of the overall housing stock. I think we should worry about the price of the blue homes rather than the red homes, which have always been at the high end of the market by virtue of the fact that they are brand new.

The #WaLeg is holding a public hearing on Parking Reform (SB 5184) tomorrow at 10:30 AM. Sign your name in "Pro" before the hearing to support reforming minimum parking requirements to make it easier to build affordable housing! https://bit.ly/HDC-SB5184

We are one of the dots on this map! 💪

Made this exact argument about Park Lane here in Kirkland. The distance from the Lake and Central Lot to the center of Park Lane is about 50m. 50m at Costco doesn't even get you past the ADA parking.

My reason for optimism today: 300+ people have already signaled their support for reforming parking mandates in WA. (hearing is Friday) A lot of things are about to get harder for folks. This is one small change that can make life easier. Lets do all we can. 💪 www.sightline.org/2025/01/16/w...

"Say what you will, but people want to drive." Nope. They don't. Folks want to get around easily & comfortably. If you give them other options, they will use them. Additionally plenty of people who DO want to own a car DON'T want to drive for Every. Single. Trip.

WA’s bill to cap parking mandates would swap excessive pavement for more trees, senior living, daycares, and lower-cost housing. #WAleg #ParkinginWA @citizen-cate.bsky.social @jessdbateman.bsky.social

WA's elevator code reform bill, SB 5156, has it's first hearing this Friday. It's a brand new idea and will need the support of experts who can explain why it matters for creating accessible, small-scale apartment buildings. Register to testify or sign in pro: app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate?s...

Which type of growth do you prefer? 1 building that contains 32 homes in an existing city OR bulldoze 32 acres of forest to build 32 1-plexes? We can call the 1-plex development euphemistically "Forest Park Estates." Which is better for trees? Let's welcome more neighbors in our existing cities

There's only one more week to RSVP for the Growing Together Lobby Day! We can only win on issues like rent stabilization, transit-oriented development and rural housing solutions with people like YOU telling your legislators to act. RSVP here: forms.gle/yZeg8ffdpRjh...

Super excited to host this conversation w @caryw.bsky.social next month. It’s fair to say ppl make a LOT of assumptions about developers in our “discourse.” Bring your questions! RSVP at urbanistshoreline.org

WA has another good design review reform bill this session, HB 1160, that would tightly limit the process. It has a hearing this Thursday. Sign up to testify or express support here: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...

@dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social debunk the go-to excuse for NIMBY policies in British Columbia: infrastructure concerns. @policyalternatives.bsky.social ives.bsky.social

Are you a transit nerd? Do you want your very own arrivals board at home? I am developing this DIY display with @eastsideurbanism.org and we are hosting a parts group buy + a build party where we assemble them together! If you are interested, fill out this form: forms.gle/ZNShHoN5H3hg...

We're constantly pushing back against similar attempts by ill informed policymakers who (usually) have no understanding of what is & is not an e-bike. Shabazz Stuart is correct. Barriers to using bicycles and electric bicycles is regressive + shortsighted. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/10/o...

If you're against adding housing supply because you don't think it will produce affordable housing, just wait until you hear what not adding supply does to housing affordability.

Every time I see one of these old photos showing the INCREDIBLE cities we had and destroyed it causes me real physical pain and anguish. I'm just stunned we found no value in keeping real cities intact and instead built freeway hellscapes instead. 🤯

You cannot claim to be pro environment & then be against density. Being anti-density means you are pro sprawl, pro endless roads & commutes, pro development in the farm lands and forests outside of cities. Pro your kids having to move elsewhere so they can afford to buy a house.