Kirk Westphal
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Kirk Westphal
@kirkwestphal.bsky.social
Planner and housing + safe transportation activist. ED of Neighborhood Institute. Everyone should be able to live and meet their daily needs in the neighborhood of their choice.
The “detour” part of this sidewalk catches a bunch of slush in the winter thanks to high-speed snowplows. There is a still a distinct low spot in the turf where the stump was removed decades ago.
August 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So many maps are like this.
August 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The US and South Korea are the only wealthy democracies still using a full presidential system.

Trump’s abuses aren’t a bug, they’re a feature of a system that incentivizes strongmen — and no way to swap out leaders without a full election.

Maybe it's time we joined the modern world.
August 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm inclusive, just not here! #annarbor bursts into the pantheon of lawn-sign contradictions as a draft of our new comprehensive plan moves toward the public comment period. #a2council #YIMBY
July 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The map should have been changed but wasn't. There are lots of higher-density townhouse and multifamily complexes (R3-R4) that are now proposed to be downzoned to Residential. They should be Transition. (E.g., most/all the brown areas on the left, my map, should be Transition on the right.)
June 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#Annarbor friends! ❤️THANK YOU❤️ to everyone who signed the SafetyforStadium.org petition! We're delivering it to City Council on Monday. If you haven't, this is your last chance to tell #a2council to narrow the road and install safe bike lanes and crossings! 🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️👩‍🦽
May 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM