KCRag Forum

The monotonous sky wall in the background really bothers me. Science just did it that way because it’s too cheap to make lots of interesting skies like they have in other, cooler planets.

JBmidtown wrote:. But it would be a very Kansas City thing to have happen.

Oh, bullshit. This is the way it goes everywhere. The only thing that’s “very Kansas City” is believing every hiccup and problem is somehow unique to Kansas City.

Nashville is the Overland Park/Plano of Tennessee. Not even close. I don't think Nashville has a lot on KC "yet", but that city is very likely to make a run at becoming more like a Denver or Minneapolis or Charlotte over the next 15-20 years. Basically, it will probably blow past KC and b...

moderne wrote:Why not Linwood and 31st both? No closer together than 43rd, 45th and Cleaver II.

What not just get rid of the 43rd street stop and call it fair? I’m not being flippant. Okeh, maybe a little.

Forgive me, in advance, for a buzzfeed link, but I find this to be the single most accurate description of current Nashville culture ever committed to print. Except the part where it talks about how Nashville used to be interesting in any way. https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/how-nashville...

That’s the best news I’ve heard in a while. I know it was kind of expected, and I have pretty low expectation of BRT as implemented in KC for any kind of transformative or even really noticeable economic improvement, but I’m really excited. It’s certainly a meaningful transit upgrade for the corrido...

Will be curious to see Milwaukee's numbers, as they will have a fare. Atlanta provides some lessons. The first five months of 2017 they had 200,000 riders. We had almost 800,000 https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/6/9/15760906/atlanta-streetcar-increased-ridership-resolved-safety-issues Right, I'm awar...

KCPowercat wrote:I think getting it on the CCROW would help validate to #savetrolleytrail peoople that they can coexist very well.

I doubt they will move from their determination one iota, regardless.

I’m torn. I like the CCROW because that is indeed what it’s for, but few streets in town need road calming more than that stretch of Brookside “Boulevard”. I kind of like center running for the south section. Eliminating the medians at 47th will cut down on the excessive panhandling in that area. I...

DaveKCMO wrote:You can still calm BKS BLVD without the streetcar.

Can =/= will.

Center running mixed traffic only option? For the middle section, yes. The north and south sections have exclusive ROW -- north for curb or center, south for center or CCROW. CCROW should be preferred for the south section because it will be cheaper to construct and that's what the CCROW is for. I’...

Fake fucking news. Nashville is positively awful.

Great angle on that shot grid. I agree they close grand too much....it's for a good cause (ped safety) so it's hard to complain too much but it is frustrsting. They really need to paint a very wide crosswalk with signals between Sprint Center and P&L. That's all they need. Grand is not a very b...

Jesus. Those pictures should make HKC and most core neighborhood associations ashamed of themselves. Just print them on placards that say “This is What Historic KC Looked Like” and sit silently in the back of every meeting they push their parking agenda at.

beautyfromashes wrote:

chingon wrote:Both are about equally INeffective.

FYP

Ah, yes. Thank you.

I don’t understand how mostly abandoned cities can have affordable housing crises. A city that was once abandoned -- and thus, probably cheap to live in -- may suddenly seem unaffordable to those who remained when the market starts to respond. That seems like the world’s easiest policy fix (tax fre...

What happens with the Plaza Extension if there is not federal money? Scale Back design? Single Track sections? TBD, but I can assure you we won't single track it. That would be a ridiculous waste of money. Pray for blue in the midterms! Or better vote blue in the midterms Both are about equally eff...

I don’t understand how mostly abandoned cities can have affordable housing crises.

Well, Henry Perry came here from rural Tennessee, the Bryant’s came here from rural Texas, the Gates’ came from Memphis and bought Old Kentuck BBQ from a guy who came from Alabama. Not sure how urban bbqed opossum and raccoon are. Either way, I’m pretty sure everyone here knows what your real hang-...

Hell, some say BBQ in America really got started in the late 1800’s by cowboys who were a part of cattle drives. They had pretty tough meat and needed to smoke and slow cook it for hours. So if that’s even half true. That’s not even half true. As close as it gets is that there was some Mexican pit ...