Liveable Kirkland

A collection of bicycles parked on a lawn at the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery bike rack at night. In the foreground, a light-colored Aventon bike with a large cargo bag displays an "END CAR DEPENDENCY" sticker on its frame, belonging to a future Lake Washington School District School Board Director. A person in a blue jacket stands to the left, with other bikes and cars visible in the background.

A close-up shot of a light-colored bicycle parked on a grassy area, with a purple Smith helmet hanging from the frame. A white sticker with black text that reads "END CAR DEPENDENCY" is prominently displayed on the top tube of the bike. The bike is at a bike valet run by the Cascade Bicycle Club for the opening of the Redmond Downtown Link Light Rail station, and a black chain is attached to the frame.

A white Priority Current e-bike is parked and locked to a metal bike rack on a paved sidewalk at Kirkland Urban. The bike has a black wire basket on a rear rack, and a light blue water bottle holder on the frame. An "END CAR DEPENDENCY" sticker is visible on the fork.

A close-up, top-down view of a black INMOTION V12 electric unicycle. A white "END CAR DEPENDENCY" sticker is prominently placed on the handle. The device is in a garage or storage area, with a bicycle tire and other miscellaneous items visible in the background. The device's digital display screen is blank.

@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

Rating Seattle Bicycle Racks - Would I Park There?! YouTube video by Best Side Cycling

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

Eastside Urbanism Weekly Meetup! with Complete Streets Bellevue, Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup **Special guest this week: [Complete Streets Bellevue](https://completestreetsbellevue.org)** This will be a great one for anyone who cares about safe streets in Bellevue a

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...

GitHub - EastsideUrbanism/transit-tracker: Build guide for a DIY public transit arrivals board Build guide for a DIY public transit arrivals board - EastsideUrbanism/transit-tracker

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

Transit Tracker LED display on mantle among owls, buddha, boobie planter, and piggy plushie

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! 💪🧡

Two smiling men on a tandem 90's-style mountain bike pose for the camera on a gravel trail.

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!

An edited snippet of the Tool Library Alliance home page (toollibraryalliance.org). It has their mission, which states, "The Tool Library Alliance (TLA) unites tool libraries across the United States to foster community resilience, increase sustainability, and build a culture of generosity through the sharing of tools, skills, and knowledge. Their goals are shortened and listed as follows: "Strengthen and sustain existing tool libraries, support the development of new tool libraries, promote community building and skill sharing, reduce waste and encourage sustainable practices, enhance accessibility and inclusivity, and leverage collective power.

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.

K Line Letter of Support Sign On Complete Streets Bellevue, Eastside Urbanism, and Liveable Kirkland urge you to add your name to our letter supporting the RapidRide K Line! When service on the K Line begins in 2030, Eastsiders wil...

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...

bloom grocery in Georgetown

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

Us too! 💪

Eastside Coffee Outside: Brewing Community, One Cup at a Time - The Urbanist # Community members gather every Wednesday morning from 7am to 9:30am in Kirkland for Eastside Coffee Outside. Here's how they came together.

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...

Highway clogged with cars

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.

Worried about Infrastructure Costs? Then End the Apartment Ban Worried about Infrastructure Costs? Then End the Apartment Ban

“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.

Woman who survived Nazis, Chernobyl, COVID killed while crossing Brooklyn street, police say Mayya Gil, 95, immigrated from Ukraine in 1992. Officials say she died after being hit by a driver outside her Brooklyn home.

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.