Christopher Randels
Chris Randels is the founder and director of Complete Streets Bellevue, an advocacy organization looking to make it easier for people to get around Bellevue without a car. Chris lived in the Lake Hills neighborhood for nearly a decade and cares about reducing emissions and improving safety in the Eastside's largest city.
Work on the issue of affordable housing continues in Bellevue, as the City Council voted Monday evening to advance staff work on rezones for certain properties held by religious organizations. Additionally, the city authorized an agreement that will potentially help the city secure millions of dollars from lawsuits against...
Although the preparations have been many years in the making, May 16th will represent the start of a new era for Puget Sound transit riders' experience with the ORCA card system. In two weeks, users will have full access to the new MyORCA website and mobile app, where customers...
On Wednesday evening, Bellevue's seven-member Planning Commission advanced final recommendations for implementing portions of HB 1220 within the city. That bill, passed by the State Legislature in 2021 after a campaign led by Futurewise and backed by The Urbanist, includes several provisions meant to reduce historical housing inequities and...
With a unanimous vote on Monday evening, Bellevue City Council directed staff to initiate the planning process for a massive rezone of the Wilburton neighborhood near the Link light rail station opening in 2023. Council also received another update on the Environmental Stewardship Initiative and had an unexpected revisit...
People who spend time walking or rolling around Downtown Bellevue might have noticed a slight change to their experience over the last couple of weeks. Beginning in early April, intersections along Main Street and NE 4th Street give crossing pedestrians about five seconds to enter the crosswalk before cars...
In a meeting that will likely be remembered for antivax firefighters and some... interesting... public comment, Bellevue City Council actually discussed some important urbanist topics. The body advanced further study into a parks levy that would go onto the November ballot, and staff provided an update on upcoming actions...
After a lengthy update on the state legislative session and an overview of the city's federal legislative priorities, discussions at Bellevue's City Council meeting moved onto the always-important topics of housing and transportation. In particular, City Council approved the long-discussed Mobility Implementation Plan to support investments in multimodal transportation...
Pacific Northwest developer Wig Properties recently announced plans to redevelop two parcels near the future East Main light rail station. Currently home to the Bellevue Red Lion and Hilton hotels near I-405, the 15.5 acre site will feature six towers, each up to 38 stories tall, with 1.9 million...