Eastside Urbanism

🧡 Weekly Meetup EVERY THURSDAY! 🧡 6-8p - Jack Sprat / Overlake Village / Redmond We're hanging out & talkin about the built environment. Sometimes we have a guest or something special, check our meetup page. All are welcome, super casual, on the 2 Line - join us! 🥰 www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

Today is the last day to register to vote online! You can still register in-person all the way up until 8 pm on election day; Tuesday, November 3rd. olvr.votewa.gov/OLVR2024/Lan...

Join us Monday 10/26 for another urbanism silent reading session! For folks trying to catch up on their Livable Kirkland book club reading, or anyone who just wants to read and hang with urbanist friends! 6:30 at Paris Baguette in Redmond. www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

it’s a great day to get your ballot to a drop box! 🗳️

You may have heard about some undelivered ballots that were recently found in a dumpster. Here’s a thread of what you need to know.

⚠️ New: Target have installed ALPR surveillance cameras at the Redmond, WA location!! These appear to be the Axis Q1800-LE model: www.axis.com/products/axi... It sounds like this might be rolling out nationwide, much like Home Depot and Lowe's have done with Flock! 😩

tonight! 🎃 💡 CHARGE YOUR LIGHTS - front and back! 🧥 DRESS FOR THE WEATHER - bring layers! 🗺️ HAVE A PLAN TO GET HOME - peel off at any point, know when/where the last bus is, look up a return route, have a buddy, etc!

The Sound Transit board is about to vote on a 2027 service plan that starts 2 Line service 25 minutes later every day and ends it 15 minutes earlier Mon-Saturday to provide more time for system maintenance. Claudia Balducci jumped in to say that the agency's goal should be running trains 24/7.

Join us TONIGHT for our monthly joint meetup with The Urbanist! We meet every Thursday at Jack Sprat near Overlake Village Station to share what's going on in our cities. Newcomers always welcome! 🧡 www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

Take the next step and help make Vision Zero a reality in Bellevue! Sign on to Complete Streets Bellevue's Safe Streets action alert today: actionnetwork.org/letters/safe...

A presentation today at the Puget Sound Regional Council shows that just a few cities across the region are producing housing at a race on pace with growth targets since 2019/2020. Seattle, Redmond, Kirkland, Shoreline, Port Orchard, Woodinville are exceeding targets, but 26 out of 40 aren't.

Following death, I-90 Trail reopens in Bellevue with construction zone flaggers rather than a detour: RIP James Rupert William Phillips #SEAbikes #Seattle

TransitCon 2026: Sound Transit Youth Conference is back Oct. 24! Join fellow transit fans for breakout sessions, career networking with Sound Transit pros, free lunch & exclusive swag. 📅9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.📍Joni Earl Great Hall, Union Station 🙌 Ages 15–22 Register: www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-...

a relatively Eastsider-friendly bike disco route FRIDAY! 🎃

Join us for a spooky Seattle Bike Disco on Friday October 23. Starting at Red Square at 7pm.

Thank you for the fun project @eastsideurbanism.org !!

Washington parking reform nerds: Bellevue is considering retaining a requirement to require "visitor parking" in multifamily buildings, one stall for every 20 units in most projects. Is this actually allowed under SB 5184? cc: @citizen-cate.bsky.social

Tonight the Issaquah City Council took statewide parking reform a step further and fully eliminated parking mandates throughout Central Issaquah, the growth center around Sound Transit's planned light rail station.

The slow growth advocacy group Cherish Kirkland is pushing the Kirkland City Council to not officially oppose the two anti-LGBT initiatives on the November 3 ballot because "neighbors who will vote the other way" won't feel represented.

Swing by The Ave for All today until 8 PM. It is a lovely Fall day! Sit, stay and play! Grab lunch and linger!

Reminder! Shuttle buses are replacing trains across the bridge this weekend.

First time making a video like this. Construction/ detours always put cyclists in such a vulnerable position. Let's do better together youtu.be/VDAEhfYK5Ls

SUV driver strikes and kills person biking on Bellevue Way near I-90 Trail detour route #SEAbikes #Seattle

I compiled recommendations for changes to the I-90 detour signage, along the route where a cyclist was killed in Bellevue yesterday morning. Please share, amplify, etc. Further suggestions welcome. tinyurl.com/enatai2026 @seattlebikeblog.com @cascade.org @bvuetrans.bsky.social

tonight! come learn about Redmond’s budget process and how to engage with it!

This arterial looks like a freeway. It's no surprise that people drive on it like it is a freeway. I'm worried about the exact same thing happening to NE 85th St. with all the widening and huge freeway-like signs being installed as part of the interchange rebuild.

We're excited to announce that Eastside Urbanism will be hosting a conversation with King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on October 29th! RSVP here: www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

Join us tomorrow for our weekly social meetup! Councilmember Stuart will be joining us this week, so if you have any questions about Redmond's budget this will be a good opportunity to ask! All are welcome (especially first-timers) - join us! 🧡 www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

Missed this update last week at the Mercer Island City Council, but it looks like the looooooooong closure of the I-90 trail there is finally coming to an end. Landscaping work is the final step and the trail should be reopening by the end of the year, according to MI City Manager Jessi Bon.

Your ballot is coming. 🗳️ WA ballots are mailed by Oct. 16, and King County drop boxes open Oct. 16. Make a plan now, then track your ballot at VoteWA. 👉 voter.votewa.gov/

The American Dream—buying a house in the suburbs and watching it increase in value to the point where subsequent generations need to move farther and farther out to obtain the same thing at a comparable price, but with an even more soul-crushing commute—was always a Ponzi scheme.

Do you want the City Traffic Engineer to be able to implement safety improvements on all streets in our city without having to beg historic boards for permission? You should send this letter to the Pioneer Square Preservation Board asking them to support letting the traffic engineer do their job.

Awful sign outside the hospital. I-638 would require young girls in WA state to have a genital exam before they’re allowed to play sports. Supporters say not so, but young girls will be exposed to all sorts of harm. If this was too controversial for Florida, why the hell is it on our ballot.

tomorrow (saturday) - an easy light rail ride to support car-free places! 💪🎉

pretty sunset at last night’s meetup 🥰

Join us tomorrow for our weekly social meetup! All are welcome (especially first-timers) ~ super casual, food & drink available, on the 2 Line - join us! 🧡 www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

So Bellevue is really going to spend $22 million widening three intersections and this is apparently not enough vehicle spending for the Chamber.

Don’t make any streets safer unless you have exhausted all other options.

The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce is on board with increasing the sales tax and adding a car tab, with conditions: -Keep funding the $75M Spring Boulevard project -Increase the "Underperforming Intersections fund" -Protect "vehicular capacity" projects -Keep sales tax revenue out of neighborhoods

Last call for tonight's LD 45 & LD 48 Housing Equity Candidate Forum! Make sure to join us virtually from 6-7:30 PM for this important conversation on affordable housing and equitable growth. All voters deserve to hear from candidates in their own words. bit.ly/4AmPDeX

By bussing instead of driving, ~30 people prevented ~25g of tire particulates from running into our waterways. That much tire dust would’ve leached 130ug of 6-PPDQ, extremely toxic to salmon [1]. This much 6-PPDQ would contaminate 700 gallons of water to a degree that’s lethal to coho salmon [2].

Learning from Larry @ Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery With @jrock08.bsky.social and @kellyjiang.bsky.social: “The most important thing is to get the tires off the road” and “reduce the tire-miles-per-person. Thats why I’m telling people to ride the bus!”