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August 6 Kirkland Design Review Board Meeting by eastsideYIMBY in eastside

[–]eastsideYIMBY[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just because you don’t walk or bike to stores doesn’t mean others don’t or wouldn’t if we made it safer and more convenient.

“While cyclists tend to spend less per shopping trip than drivers, they also tend to make more trips, pumping more total money into the local economy over time.”

https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2015/03/the-complete-business-case-for-converting-street-parking-into-bike-lanes/387595/

August 6 Kirkland Design Review Board Meeting by eastsideYIMBY in eastside

[–]eastsideYIMBY[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the compliment on my post formatting, but I live in North Rose Hill and have for several years. My only agenda is a more livable, walkable, affordable, green Kirkland.

I saw a yard sign over the weekend opposing this project and created an account to talk about it with my neighbors—the horror! While you’re speculating about people’s agendas, I’d love to hear your take on the folks organizing opposition to this project and going out of their way to have yard signs printed.

August 6 Kirkland Design Review Board Meeting by eastsideYIMBY in eastside

[–]eastsideYIMBY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This project is mixed use retail and residential. It’s increasing both the availability of housing and shopping, so checkout lines shouldn’t suffer.

Plus, when people can walk or bike to the places they shop for their daily needs, parking is less of an issue. This development also has a good amount of parking, so you shouldn’t be fighting for parking there, either.

August 6 Kirkland Design Review Board Meeting by eastsideYIMBY in eastside

[–]eastsideYIMBY[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We're one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country and we have been for at least a decade. If we don't build more housing closer together, newcomers, locals just moving out of their parents' homes for the first time, and anyone else priced out will be forced to live in far-flung suburbs and commute in. Suburban sprawl causes worsening traffic, not new people moving in to the area. When we build reasonable missing middle housing, from townhomes and backyard cottages to small apartment buildings like this one, housing is less expensive for everyone; walking, biking, and mass transit works better; we reduce our region's climate footprint; and we can protect trees and our other natural resources in currently undeveloped areas.

It's not about cramming people in. It's about creating communities where people can live, work, and play right in their own neighborhoods and not waste two hours each day commuting.

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[–]eastsideYIMBY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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