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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
Fighting against car dependency, one parking spot at a time. Researcher at
@Sightline
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Portland, ORJoined February 2017
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
A word of advice to all you elected officials and planners and lobbyists who oppose parking reform and righteously clam that we need to preserve local mandates to properly manage parking bla bla bla bla: When the Onion is on to you, it's game over.
theonion.com
New Houston Law Requires 10 Parking Spaces For Every Parking Space
HOUSTON—After the measure was fast-tracked through the city council, a new zoning law went into effect this week that requires all developers in Houston to put in 10 additional parking spaces for...
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
I love my apartment building. 🫶 More stability. More walkability. More privacy. More friends dropping by when they are in the neighborhood. More time for hobbies that aren't yardwork.
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Welcoming Neighbors Network 🏗🏘👋
@WNNProHousing
A large portion of the political challenge for pro-housing advocacy is that many Americans – left, right, and center – hold an implicit belief that single-detached houses are natural & good while apartments are aberrant & bad. It's why only apartments get affordability trolled.
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
How will the city change how freight is delivered? Parking management, of course! Look for these new loading zone signs this summer. No change for passenger vehicles.
Zero emission loading zone sign.
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
In past years
@MarkoLiias
led on bills that reduced ADU parking and legalized roommates. This year he primed WA's strongest housing abundance bill yet, SB 5466, to legalize apartments near transit. But after passing the Senate it died in the House. More next year, we hope!
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Homes4WA
@YesHomes4WA
So much progress for affordability this session, policy shifts and mind shifts too! It took all hands on deck! Thank you for your leadership and commitment to housing affordability for Washingtonians, @MarkoLiias! #Homes4WA #MoreHomes #ForOurFuture #waleg
[Alt: Photo of Washington state Senator Marko Liias. Text: "Thank you! Sen. Marko Liias. For your leadership on housing affordability for Washingtonians." Logo: Homes4WA]
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Welcoming Neighbors Network 🏗🏘👋
@WNNProHousing
Montana has officially voted to legalize at least two homes on every residential lot in every cities over 5,000. Cheers to the MT coalition!
@Shelter_WF
@FrontierMontana
@mtafp
@forward_montana
@NMCDC
& a bunch of organizations who aren't on Twitter. Just a huge win.
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Kendall Cotton
@Cotton_MT
JUST NOW: SB 323 passes a final third reading in the Senate to become the first major statewide zoning reform bill of the '23 #mtleg session to officially pass both chambers. Now on its way to @GovGianforte! #mtpol twitter.com/Cotton_MT/stat…
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Welcoming Neighbors Network 🏗🏘👋
@WNNProHousing
More pro-housing Montana news.
@Shelter_WF
's bill to legalize multifamily & mixed-use in all urban commercial zones is one concurrence away from state law. Duplex legalization + apartments in commercial zones + staff-approval for new buildings. Quite a day in Montana!
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Shelter WF
@Shelter_WF
Our bill, SB 245 - introduced by Sen. Zolnikov, passes its 2nd reading in the House 97-3! This one is close to being law, allowing more residential development in commercial zones throughout the state.
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Anna Mumford Zivarts
@AnnaZivarts
amazing that elected leaders can complain $37m is too high a price to make their city accessible, while at the same time asking for literal billions for a highway expansion.
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Everett Herald
@EverettHerald
Its findings were stark: Only 11% of curb ramps, 6% of sidewalks and 0% of push buttons in Lake Stevens were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, not including facilities owned by the state, @SophiaSGates reports. heraldnet.com/news/after-yea
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Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley
I saw a post on NextDoor about someone who was incredulous that another new apartment building in the middle of Capitol Hill was being built without any off-street parking. I didn't waste my time responding or reading (many) replies but it did spur me to look up some data. 1/4
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Logan Bowers 🏗️ 🏘️ 🪙
@loganb
How it started / How it’s going That first map passed the Senate 40 - 8, and the butchering that is the second map was 100% the work of the House Dems.
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Robert Cruickshank
@cruickshank
Legislative caucuses are reticent to let the public know how decisions get made. But it's important that we find out. Which legislators demanded places like Mercer Island and Bellevue and Northeast Seattle get exempted from TOD? Without knowing, accountability is difficult.
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
ICYMI, yesterday WA’s TOD bill passed out of cmte on a partisan vote. They amended it to take out regular bus stops (BRT and rail req’s remain). In my opinion, passing the bill with the IZ as proposed would be worse for statewide affordability than doing nothing.
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
And still are....
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M. Nolan Gray
@mnolangray
We really did spend the past ~70 years blocking mixed-use apartment buildings in existing neighborhoods while actively subsidizing sprawl into fire- and flood-prone areas—and we called it planning! scientificamerican.com/article/climat
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
Fun fact of the day: ~140,000 Washington households *outside of Seattle* don't own a car. It should be legal to build housing that meets their needs. Minimum parking requirements force these households to pay for parking they don't use.
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
These three cities are home to 5,474 households that don't own cars.
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Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley
Senator Claudia Kauffman then noted that the concerns she was hearing from the cities in her district (Kent, Auburn, Covington) were around minimum parking requirements. She says she's working to amend the bill to change those provisions. She did the same with SB 5466.
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
These three cities are home to 5,474 households that don't own cars.
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Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley
Senator Claudia Kauffman then noted that the concerns she was hearing from the cities in her district (Kent, Auburn, Covington) were around minimum parking requirements. She says she's working to amend the bill to change those provisions. She did the same with SB 5466.
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Tony Jordan, IAFG
@twjpdx23
Portland is finally doing a clean elimination of costly parking mandates. There are just a few spots (mostly industrial) where mandates still apply and a bowl of spaghetti code that waives them nearly everywhere. Planning Commission hearing 4/11.
portland.gov
Vehicular parking code updates ready for public review
Updates to parking rules will reduce regulations for the amount of vehicular parking required with development and add new standards to include green features with larger parking lots.
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
WA's middle housing bill is in hearing NOW, watch live here: tvw.org/video/senate-h
@jessdbateman
notes that currently only 5% of the state's housing permits are middle housing, because it's illegal in most places.
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
WA has a bill that would end exclusionary zoning by legalizing duplexes or fourplexes in most cities. And hey, it already passed the House 75-21! But now it's gotta get through the Senate. It has a hearing tomorrow and your support matters! homes4wa.org/action-dates/m #Homes4WA
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
WA has a bill that would end exclusionary zoning by legalizing duplexes or fourplexes in most cities. And hey, it already passed the House 75-21! But now it's gotta get through the Senate. It has a hearing tomorrow and your support matters! homes4wa.org/action-dates/m #Homes4WA
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Homes4WA
@YesHomes4WA
Say YES to #Homes4WA: Sign in Pro for MIDDLE HOUSING Allow more modest-sized, affordable homes, like duplexes+ triplexes in WA cities Senate Housing committee hearing, tomorrow, FRIDAY 3/17 at 10:30 AM. *Sign-in deadline is 9:30. Show up to support🔗bit.ly/42jvllt
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TAKE ACTION: Friday 3/17—Sign in Pro for MIDDLE HOUSING Allow modest-sized middle housing, like duplexes and triplexes, in WA cities #Homes4WA
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Catie Gould
@Citizen_Cate
Excited to announce that I won the lottery, and now have a time slot to apply for a Rainier backpacking permit. 🏕️🤞
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Dan Bertolet
@danbertolet
Habitat for Humanity wants to build small-scale multifamily housing for affordable ownership, but is thwarted WA by widespread zoning that only allows single-detached houses. That's why Habitat is an ardent supporter of WA's middle housing bill, HB 1110.
sightline.org
Habitat for Humanity Goes All In for Multifamily Housing
But it needs relaxed parking mandates, widescale zoning reform, and public funding to make the most of the opportunity.
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