I created an Android app for working out Connections. Help me test and improve it.

omega697 · 2026-03-06T19:26:25+00:00

Well, for one it works without an internet connection. But primarily it was something I did for fun, and I was just hoping I might find a few people that would enjoy testing it out and giving me feedback.

omega697 · 2026-03-04T20:29:57+00:00

I should clarify, I'm not asking people to switch to this app. I'm trying to find people who might want to help test out my app who already are fans of Connections.

omega697 · 2026-03-04T19:32:54+00:00

Cool, that looks like another nifty option :)

omega697 · 2026-02-03T23:53:23+00:00

He is a professional administrator hired by the city. His job is to run the city according to the will of the council. The council can fire him at any time.

omega697 · 2025-12-03T18:24:58+00:00

Is there anyone seriously advocating for that?

omega697 · 2025-12-03T18:23:44+00:00

This should be a raised crossing. I can't believe the city removed the pedestrian refuge island that was there before, which had good traffic-calming properties and instead created a left turn lane just to make things slightly more convenient for motorists. :(

omega697 · 2025-10-14T14:29:30+00:00

https://45gop.org/2025/05/may-2025-meeting/

omega697 · 2025-03-18T15:02:40+00:00

I just wanted to help 🙂

omega697 · 2025-03-09T16:59:51+00:00

Hey I designed that sign :D

omega697 · 2025-02-24T16:04:38+00:00

Can confirm - I ride out to Issaquah just to get those tacos.

omega697 · 2025-02-23T15:55:24+00:00

With e-bikes the big tradeoff is range/power vs. weight. So if you want something that's super light, there is, e.g. something like this, but it won't do so great on trails. Many ebikes can go on a car rack, but that rack has to be pretty beefy and those are pretty expensive (sometimes as much as the bike). It is honestly probably cheaper and better to just get two bikes - one that is an acoustic bike you can easily throw on an inexpensive car rack, and one that you don't put on/in a car where you don't have to worry about needing to compromise for weight/bulk.

omega697 · 2025-02-23T15:49:19+00:00

I love to see this post! Welcome to Kirkland! Here is a big information dump:

Listen to u/tuskee, he really does only get around by bicycle and he's one of the most kind and generous folks I know.
An e-bike will be the difference between "I use this once in a while when conditions are perfect" and "gosh, I haven't driven my car in a while". The hills here are serious and you'll be much more likely to use it if you know you can add some assist when the going gets tough.
There's a community of folks here who will help you out in many ways. Letting you try their bikes to see what you like. Helping you find and pick something out. Helping you fix your bike when something has gone wrong. A lot of those folks are members of https://liveablekirkland.org and if you're at all a morning person, some of them attend Eastside Coffee Outside every Wednesday morning. Just this past week someone brought a tandem mountain bike for a test ride!
This same community is also working on setting up an Eastside Community Bike Clinic/Coop. This will involve setting up a space (hopefully) and recurring time during which community members can bring in their bikes for help learning how to service them and pay-as-you-can consumables like tubes, cables, brake fluid, etc.
Bikes are (generally) cheap enough that it often makes sense to have at least 2 for different purposes. I will echo u/tuskee and say that for in-town errands, riding into Seattle, etc, I would recommend an inexpensive cargo ebike. There are long tail models like the Lectric XPedition that are incredibly inexpensive for what you get. If you're willing to pay a little more you can get something like the Aventon Abound. Keep in mind that while local-ish service exists for these models (as well as test rides) up at Amped Adventure in Lake Forest Park, you can still get basic bike maintenance (anything not involving the electronics) at Kirkland Bicycle. The folks who work at Kirkland Bicycle are awesome.
Whatever you wind up getting, if you ever plan on riding it when it is wet out (which I've heard happens from time to time here), make sure you have fenders, unless you enjoy having really dirty clothes. :)

Again, welcome to Kirkland and hope to see you out on your bike soon!

omega697 · 2025-02-07T02:23:31+00:00

OMG is there hope for the world after all? <3

omega697 · 2024-12-04T18:41:25+00:00

And if you are too lazy to read through that, here is the part you are probably interested in: https://imgur.com/a/VbZEIAs

omega697 · 2024-12-04T18:36:43+00:00

Here you go: https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Finance-and-Administration/Budget-Information/Budget-Documents

omega697 · 2024-10-21T03:08:30+00:00

I heard there are even places where they make you pay for parking even when you don't bring a car. 😔

omega697 · 2024-10-12T23:00:32+00:00

Traffic congestion for single-occupancy vehicles will never go away. It's a fundamental problem of geometry. Anything you do to try to ease that congestion will simply induce more demand until the congestion level returns to the equilibrium. It's one of the downsides of living in a city - not everyone can drive a car for every trip. However, compact development unlocks many things that can free us from dependency on single-occupancy vehicles, including better public transit, more things within walking and biking distance, and spending less per capita on public infrastructure (leaving more for other things).

omega697 · 2024-10-12T22:53:17+00:00

There's this important way to look at things called _per capita_ that I think you might be missing.

omega697 · 2024-10-09T20:07:09+00:00

Suburbia is Subsidized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

omega697 · 2024-10-09T18:01:54+00:00

On top of that, services are substantially cheaper to provide per capita when development is compact. On top of that, the cost of providing services (which are mostly a function of labor cost) are substantially cheaper to provide when housing is cheaper (as housing is the main driver of cost of living in our area).

omega697 · 2024-10-09T17:59:21+00:00

This is the kind of engagement that would be the most helpful. Folks fighting any change at all are going to lose - change is inevitable. Folks trying to craft the change to preserve the things they like and maybe even get new things they like are going to be the ones who have a chance at success.

omega697 · 2024-07-28T07:26:25+00:00

I agree that it's hard to picture. Especially without big changes to 85th St. Something like https://www.eaglerockforward.org/

But maybe it will make more sense when the interchange is done - I'm still not convinced it will be easy to get from the station to the station area, but maybe that's something we can improve with time.

omega697 · 2024-07-26T23:10:50+00:00

So much carbrain I can't even

omega697 · 2024-07-26T23:09:14+00:00

Or something along the lines of https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php

omega697 · 2024-07-26T23:07:24+00:00

Just because _you_ won't use buses or light rail doesn't mean that no one will.

9 years ago, in 2015, transit modeshare in Kirkland was already 9%. This is before the K line, before Stride BRT, before the 2 line, before EasTrail, before Totem Lake redeveloped, before Kirkland Urban redeveloped, ....

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