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 ...

Proposition 1 targets voter desires while asking us to ignore our crumbling infrastructure needs Remember way back, when... I think it was last year... everyone was screaming about how the ...

Dear Editor: Earlier this month I went to San Diego, courtesy of the Cascadia Center, where I visited the Public Transportation EXPO. There, I saw many state-of-the-art diesel and hybrid (single ...

How well are Kirkland’s streets being maintained?  The City of Kirkland wants to know your opinion.  In February, 2008, the City of Kirkland commissioned a citizen survey to understand the opinions of randomly selected city residents about city services.  This survey reflected ...

  Touchstone and Citizens for Responsible Development have submitted 200-word rebuttals to each other's arguments which have been amended to their respective Point and Counterpoints. You can read them here: Point/Counterpoint: Touchstone on Kirkland Parkplace Traffic Point/Counterpoint: CRD on Kirkland Parkplace Traffic     The entire three-part ...

Traffic analysis can be a complex issue. Touchstone understands that many Kirkland residents are deeply concerned about the potential traffic impacts of the Parkplace redevelopment. While a project of this scale can cause some people to be alarmed, there is a straightforward methodology to measure traffic impacts that is applied ...

Imagine a Downtown Kirkland so gridlocked on weekday afternoons, that you will avoid shopping or driving through downtown to get to I-405. How will this affect your current lifestyle and quality of life? From the Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS), we know that approximately 5,800 cars (office employees, office visitors, ...

  New information has been posted regarding the update of Kirkland's non-motorized plan.  Please take a moment to visit the website www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/depart/Public_Works/Transportation___Streets/Non-Motorized_Transportation_Plan.htm and review the bicycling and walking project maps, project descriptions and the other information that is posted there. These project lists ...

  The Market Street Sanitary Sewer Main and Storm Sewer Replacement Project is scheduled to begin on September 29, 2008 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.  The project calls for upgrading the existing ...

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 ...

It looks like the Seahawks have found a solution for those wishing to travel to home games by bus. Steve Shinstrom sent in this update to his Letter to the Editor about the Seahawks game day bus service (the Seattle Times also has an article on the renewed service)...

I just wanted to pass along my dismay to you and the Kirkland Views readers about an email I received earlier this week from the Seattle Seahawks regarding Metro and mass transit options to Qwest Field on home game days. The Seahawks received one bid...

An urban geographer uses un-rose-tinted glasses in peering into the crystal ball. He finds that we will not be able to do much about growing income segregation, congestion, gentrification in Seattle, and leapfrog development. Nor will rail transit help make things better...

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...