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i occasionally work with a guy who grew up in seattle, and he said portland was in somewhat bad shape in the 70s with "trash blowing in the streets like tumbleweeds." i havent decided yet if im going to visit the northwest or the canadian southeast at the end of summer, but i'm glad i red...

interesting discussion on how to handle cost overruns in denver: FasTracks option a little-used plan Privatizing construction and operation of new rail transit lines, a strategy RTD is considering as it wrestles with a $670 million FasTracks shortfall, has been little used in the United States. One ...

it's a good time for everyone to start planning their trip to work thursday! if you drive, you'll burn in an ozone hell.

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KC0KEK wrote: I thought that MARC's traffic program was supposed to help with this issue.

yeah, but the technocrats balked. i think it was even stripped out of smartmoves or bistate II (please correct me here) because it was so unpopular.

be worried though, they went from two shows to just one starting in 2003, and 5 weeks to 4 to 3. they are having financial difficulties every year, american century is their big sugar daddy and only so much they can give, you know?? thanks for pointing out a disturbing trend! i'll make sure to drop...

this year's selection is romeo and juliet. performances start tomorrow night and run through july 8. it's still FREE!

http://www.kcshakes.org/

i have a great "kansas city" coffee table book that i found at the river market antique mall that was printed in 1973 by hallmark; it's full of such photos touting the "river quay" entertainment district. wish i had a scanner!

one last voice on this proposal: Study: Amtrak service to St. Louis not practical An Amtrak reauthorization bill being debated by Congress may also include a pot of funding for rail infrastructure improvements, Weiler said. On the state level, lawmakers could earmark general revenue to subsidize pas...

did anyone see ron paul on the colbert report last week?

I think a BRT dominates LRT on so many fronts and the fascination with LRT still amazes me.  It seems more of a novelty.  El's and subways are perfect fits for rail, but surface streets need BRT, not LRT. i have no problem with BRT done right, but so many implementations are just express buses that...

KCTigerFan wrote: Sure would be nice to have actual bike lanes in KCMO!     

there's a nice bike lane on barry road calling your name.  &&&

the moment google's technologies become cumbersome in addition to being the default choice, then we shall call them an "evil empire".

another interesting tidbit in the biz journal article: The station's first-quarter revenue nearly doubled from the year-ago period to almost $4 million. Almost all of about 90,000 square feet of offices in the station are leased. the article also notes that the kansas city ballet may move into the p...

last week's biz journal reports that RED/merlin are "nearing the end of their patience" on public financing. as a result, two additional locations in lee's summit are being considered and the $600m budget is being "overhauled".

it's impressive for it's size and for answering the question "how do you throw a billion dollars at farmland?"

Unfortunately kcmo is slow to clean these things up. They only recently cleaned up stone walls in Penn Valley with 10 foot high graffiti after months and months. And this is next to million dollar condo development. What makes you think the get the lead out for case park? the privately-funded CID w...

i wonder if there will be an uninterrupted view of it from inside the sprint center?

picked up this postcard at MAC today:

Art in the Loop is pleased to announce the debut of:

Social Climber by Marcus Cain, the newest image commissioned for the Art in the Loop ARTWall at Town Pavilion Garage, 13th and Grand.

has anyone seen this up yet? there's no date on the card.

not terribly impressed with the visual impact of this year's installations (except for maybe the sand sculptures designed to dissolve), but still an excellent program. "staying the course" was missing from the side of the folly theater on saturday. what gives? did the banana fall down?

...and the fact getting lost in this entire discussion: semler is a MASTER GARDENER. true, there are plenty of others with that specific qualification, but it at least displays some logic. can we go back to talking about light rail now?