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Just heard that the MO Senate Appropriations Committee removed the $70 million in federal funding that could have been used to develop the 144-mile Rock Island corridor. Senators said the trail would encourage trespassing and violate landowners' property rights. Bummer. Really hope this stays alive...

Interesting read, thanks for sharing. A lot of things that rhyme with KC's highway problems.

That land was assembled for an unbuilt highway that would have extended south from the Jackson Curve of I-70.

https://www.linecreekloudmouth.com/blog ... ately.html

Good lord that is a huge area. Seems perfect for such a development. Hopefully the massive solar farm gets built. can't help but think the land would be better used for data centers and industrial. airport owns it so the revenue would go to maintenance and lowering fees Why not both? Put the solar ...

daGOAT wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:23 pm The first mid rise tower in the city that’s not on a parking pedestal.

OneLight isn't on a pedestal.

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:01 am Same. If one of the Republicans has to win though I want it to be Hartzler.

But Billy Long has this going for him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WolVEMFbUcs

Adding a bike facility to Woodland will make the abandonment and takeover of the street north of Independence by KCUMB sting even more.

BTW, Warner Plaza's 10 low-rise apartment buildings had I recall eight apartments each, plus another 20 in the five-story structures; Knickerbocker had at least 30, and the 20 units on the Plaza makes 150 units total. All of which could have been redeveloped as mixed-rate-plus-affordable housing. T...

We have to be realistic here. A new "subway," isn't the most efficient use of money (unless we're restoring the 8th street tunnel... This post brought to you by the #KCInterurbangang https://kclibrary.org/sites/default/files/10007402-1895.JPG Your picture is the also cool but different 9t...

Highlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:04 amIn Germany (and most European countries), they never destroyed wide swaths of cities to build the motorways, autostradas and autobahns.

Even when the city was *already destroyed* they chose not to build out highways through the cities to the degree that we did.

In the past when I've talked to staff at Zaina they said they were being kicked out. Haven't heard if they found a new spot yet, but they did want to stay downtown.

Two Light garage is a mess overall. the left turn from northbound Grand needs to be eliminated immediately. Thanks for checking it out DCole. Might be worth it to look at changing the SB left-turn lane to Truman to start on the overpass and make the portion north of Truman a left-turn lane for Two ...

We need more blade signs and we need more awnings.

So you expect members of the PNL operations staff to place signs in areas that are outside of their territory? I've never seen this done before, probably for good reason. Put up permanent variable message boards on Grand a few blocks away at say 10th and 18th - somewhere far enough back to give peo...

A Land Value Tax could do this in booming areas, but it wouldn’t have and much effect in disadvantaged areas.

Could definitely be a double edged sword, hard to see what some dude in western Spring Hill would appreciate about taxes going to something like the zoo, or some other attraction they’d go to maybe 1-2 times a year that they would see no direct benefit of I go to the zoo maybe once a year on averag...

FangKC wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:25 pm
What is so special about FEBO?

- It's an automat
- AFAIK it's not found outside of The Netherlands so we could make it a tourist attraction
- It's Dutch, so maybe it will subconsciously implant progressive transportation ideals into people who eat there
- I'm amused by it

Bring FEBO to KC!

https://www.febo.nl/

815 Cherry Street is under contract. Buyer plans on holding the land for a future development. LCRA has been involved with that lot since 1961 when they entered an agreement with the land owner to keep the land in private hands instead of Buyout for the "east side urban renewal area". Is ...

This is a good opportunity to road diet Vine south of 19th Street. It's really wide from 19th to Lynn. The grades along this stretch are favorable to a bike route.