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beermestrength wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:54 am

I wonder if we will ever see a day when "Affordable" replaces "Luxury" downtown.

In about 15-20 years when all the recent construction ages.

Stone Canyon Pizza closed in Zona Rosa and is moving to the new downtown Gladstone. Still operating in Parkville.

That's an article about Boulevard Brewing

You wanted this one that says a White Castle isn't coming
https://www.kansascity.com/news/busines ... 34202.html

shinatoo wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:37 am

Did the city build the Plaza garages or did the owners? If it was the owners then let them do what they want.

There's zero city built, owned or managed garages on the Plaza.

That newer idea is not the worse case scenario. If covers up a parking lot, expands the park and provides new office space with a great view of downtown with no building torn down for parking

3. Bunching isn't efficient because riders take the first vehicle that shows up and leaves the next one less full (or even empty). I've seen people not get on and wait for the next train when it arrives full or just walk. We're talking like five or six times a year to pull them all out for an hour ...

From a practical standpoint, people have a tough time separating the taxes and mortgage on a monthly basis. The total amount IS your monthly bill to your bank. Not paying their taxes in full each month isn't an option to keep the home. Renting isn't necessarily more expensive than buying. An adjusta...

Induced demand will mean four car service will be as full as three car has been. Going to need to start work on those steps sooner than later

WSPanic wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:43 pm

1) None of these buildings are going to be standing in 100 years.


3) Acting like you know what's going to happen in 100 years may make you feel better about your argument, but you're full of shit - you have no idea what's going to happen.

Hmmmm

I'm excited about this project, anything that adds housing and density is usually a win in my book, but damn, there is too much parking. The plaza is one area where we need in garage parking to be able to reduce on street parking. It's one of the only areas in town I have actually seen an effective...

Here's N. Oak BRT

https://www.kcata.org/transit-initiatives/north_oak

To save people time, here's the GDAP

http://kcmo.gov/planning/greater-downto ... plan-2018/
doc page 79, file page 40 has the map

More ammo against the USDA move to KC. It clearly will be disruptive in the short term. Already is with many who already quit... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/01/these-usda-employees-face-stark-choice-move-kansas-city-or-be-fired/ This is exactly what they want to see. One goal ri...

KCPowercat wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:26 pm

Those limestone panels are the worst.

Wait until they get some patina on them.

Fares are the biggest obstacle for me riding the bus. And I mean that literally. I can't just walk on the bus because someone is always fumbling around trying to get their card to work or get the right change out. I would have to think it would shorten trip times too. If it takes just 7 seconds to ...

It looks like they want to connect the garage direct to the bridge. That's a great idea.

People said the same thing about vagrants on the streetcar. The solution is to make everyone get off at the turnaround point and get back on. Being a vagrant isn't an issue but if someone is being abusive or abusing the service by taking seats from others, this gives them a chance to force them off ...

cityscape wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 28, 2019 10:32 am

I cannot access the web cam anymore. Can anyone else see it?

They never meant for it to be public so it was put behind a login. Someone leaked the URL. They wanted it on a delay for security reasons and couldn't do that.

I asked on Twitter

People will just complain about parking and traffic. I actually find it easier to park and exit out of a Cardinals or Twins game than it is at a Royals game. In St Louis, you can park easily over by 14th and Clarke and the Freeway ramp is right there. There are also lots of spots south of the stadi...

I for one look forward to Kansas City being the flag bearer for this. I think it will show a huge increase in ridership. When it does, hopefully, the feds will start funding fare replacement for cities nationwide. I think it will be the most effective way to get cars off the road. You're not thinki...

"crash the system" also refers to overloading a management process with more requests than they can process so they break some law by not processing them in time.