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.
I looked Blackstone and Airbnb in the eyes — but the enemy staring back was our own zoning code.
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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