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Residents urge parking study and warn of safety risks as Mercer Island weighs station‑area upzones
Summary
Multiple Mercer Island residents told the council that narrow one‑way streets and missing sidewalks in the Upper Luther Burbank area make proposed upzones unsafe and asked the city to conduct a parking and safety analysis before expanding zoning near the future light-rail station.
Several residents told the Mercer Island City Council on March 17 that proposed station-area boundary changes could endanger children and seniors and should not proceed without data-driven local studies.
Fan Yuan, who lives west of Upper Luther Burbank Park, described narrow one‑way streets and places with no sidewalks and urged the city to conduct a formal parking study after state TOD guidelines are finalized. “These streets are where our community actually happens,” she told the council, asking…
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