UPDATE: According to the Seattle Times, the new cost of a bridge has risen to $4.5 billion or more: "New cost estimates from the state Department of Transportation released today show the most likely price of a new Highway 520 bridge has increased to $4.5 billion, if an interchange ...

From the City's Newsroom: Sound Transit and Evergreen Healthcare cordially invite you to join us October 29, 2008 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. DeYoung Pavilion on the Evergreen Healthcare Campus 12039 NE 128th Street Kirkland, WA 98034 We hope you'll join us ...

Nearly a century after a “Mosquito Fleet” of small boats linked the communities that ring Lake Washington and Puget Sound, a new King County Ferry District is up and running to operate Vashon passenger-only ferry service, year-round operation of ...

A Task Force of residents along Slater Ave NE and the North Hill Neighborhood Association has been working with the city to develop a traffic calming plan for Slater Ave NE. The purpose of the plan is to reduce traffic speeds and make the street safer for all who ...

WSDOT is widening I-405 between 112th Ave. SE and SE 8th Street as a part of the I-405 widening project. For three weekends in August, I-405 southbound will be closed as crews remove the Wilburton Tunnel. Until recently, the tunnel allowed trains to pass overhead on what is the BNSF ...

The 520 Tolling Implementation Committee is holding a series of series of open house event for the public hear about and offer their input on tolling as a means to help pay for a new SR 520 Bridge across Lake Washington...

Sound Transit is hosting an open house to answer any questions the community may have regarding the new transit center to be built in downtown. The design phase is largely completed so this open house is largely about getting acquainted with what is...

As a follow up to Debra Sinick’s two posts on this website regarding the BNSF Trail/Rail issue, Kirkland Views has provided the opportunity for other advocates to present alternative views on this subject. Cascade Bicycle Club and Cascadia...

A rail or trail through Kirkland? 150 people showed up at Wednesday's open house for The Port of Seattle meeting regarding the BNSF rail line, the largest crowd at the Port open houses yet. There were representatives from the Port, Sound Transit, and King County.

We all know that parking in downtown Kirkland can be a royal pain. If you happen to arrive at the wrong time, you are hard-pressed to find anything available. The recent influx of downtown residents has only exasperated the parking issue...

How many of you travel through Totem Lake during rush hour? If you do, you already know how crowded and busy an intersection it is. Now imagine trains train coming through with the street traffic having to stop numerous times...

This cartoon entitled, "Trail" has been submitted by Anthony Cresci with the following explanation: "The enclosed attachment is my view of why the BNSF right-of-way should be used as a trail and not as a commuter rail line. It is a view shared by a great many Eastside residents aware of ...

The Port of Seattle will make a brief presentation followed by a question and answer period at their Eastside Rail Corridor Informational Open House in the Peter Kirk room at Kirkland City Hall at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 9th. ...

Everyone knows that neither public transportation infrastructure or traffic congestion mitigation are core competencies of the Puget Sound region. Whether you ride the bus or drive a car, you know you spend far too much time in traffic. In fact, Seattle area drivers spend about 45 hours in traffic delays - equivalent to more than a week of vacation! The transportation system as a whole is a mess. An article in the Seattle P-I dated May 22 titled, "We're stuck with nation's worst road funding gap" noted that "by 2040, the population of the Seattle area is projected to grow by 1.7 million new people, with 1.2 million new jobs... that's like dropping the population of greater metropolitan Portland into the Puget Sound area." Scary stuff. The article goes on to say that "the Seattle-Puget Sound area has the largest gap between transportation infrastructure needs and secured funding of any metropolitan area in the country." The shortfall amounts to nearly $800 per person.