YIMBY News for 7/13

[Eric Budd]

Coalition Urges Bellevue City Council to Ramp Up Road Safety Spending

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.06. bike lane, complete street, downtown, growth, mobility, project, public hearing, rent, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk

Over recent years, infamously car-dominated Bellevue had been making significant progress toward making it easier to get around without a car, but that progress has mostly stalled out. One big blow was the recent gutting of the ambitious Bike Bellevue plan, which was envisioned as a quick-build network to right-size some of Bellevue’s most dangerous streets, while at the same time carving out space for people to bike. In their deliberations, the Bellevue City Council made it clear that they don’t support reallocating existing vehicle lanes except as an absolute last resort. Now a group of advo

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Three dads built a pump track in Nederland. Was it subterfuge or hope for the future?

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.83. construction, density, development, growth, house, housing, parking, rent, zone, zoning

[image: Two children ride bicycles on a dirt trail with small hills and curves. Trees, bushes, and houses are visible in the background.] *NEDERLAND* — Nederland’s pump track is just a tiny little thing, built of dirt, on a private lot tucked between a vertical gardening wall and Middle Boulder Creek on the main commercial drag. But Billy Giblin, Nederland’s mayor, says its road to creation has been “shockingly controversial.” Some cycling advocates say that itself is a shock, given how pump tracks have been stacking up across Colorado and offering kids a safe, centralized and inclusive place

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The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.59. apartment, homeowner, house, housing, income, project, rent, renter

Air conditioning units installed in windows at an apartment complex in Hyattsville, Maryland, on June 17, 2024. | Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images As this summer has already made clear, extreme heat is here, and it’s poised to get worse in the coming years. Due to soaring temperatures, more and more people are also at risk for severe health concerns that come with them, including heat stroke, cardiovascular problems, and respiratory issues. T

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