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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
"Property located in dense commercial districts and wealthier residential neighborhoods is considered to be 'more valuable' on a per-unit of area basis than property located elsewhere; film at 11."
(Edit - sniped, but I'm just here for the property tax rant that is almost certainly being queued up by the question.)
(Edit - sniped, but I'm just here for the property tax rant that is almost certainly being queued up by the question.)
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
swid wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:32 pm "Property located in dense commercial districts and wealthier residential neighborhoods is considered to be 'more valuable' on a per-unit of area basis than property located elsewhere; film at 11."
(Edit - sniped, but I'm just here for the property tax rant that is almost certainly being queued up by the question.)
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Yes taxes are so incredibly popular among the public here that 8,600 emails to the county managed to remain unread at the assessors office to kick off the New Year.swid wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:32 pm "Property located in dense commercial districts and wealthier residential neighborhoods is considered to be 'more valuable' on a per-unit of area basis than property located elsewhere; film at 11."
(Edit - sniped, but I'm just here for the property tax rant that is almost certainly being queued up by the question.)
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
It also suggests how we really aren't generating a return on the masses of infrastructure required to get people out of the city. The value is in the core.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
A decent swath of the Northland is surprisingly high. Barry/I29 area, I guess. I wonder what NKC would look like.
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What do you mean "get people out of the city". I thought the idea of all this was to attempt to attract people to live in the urban core.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
The Burlington Creek area of 64th has two five story developments, a street of duplexes and triplexes.
It doesn't take much to increase the density of an area when you do a new projects at this scale in a new area
Follow the 152 corridor between Amity and I-35 and you have low density single family but there's also ~40 denser suburban developments and apartment complexes.
Duplexes and triplexes help, there's a few developments of those south of 72nd.
If we could take right along N. Oak and do frontage infill development mostly with 6-7 story apartment homes above retail you could add thousands of people with TOD principles without it being so dense NIMBYs come out. 64th and N. Oak is a great starting point for this between the extra parking and empty lot.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
We are getting off topic a bit, but in Streetcar Phase 3 thread I proposed North Oak as an alignment in the future. I think it makes the most sense and has car lots, washes, and dilapidated buildings with a ton of dense development potential. The distance from HOA bridge to the intersection of Barry Road and North Oak is 10miles BUT the biggest hurdle is getting across HOA bridge - a $30m challenge that really is going to be tough without state/fed help.flyingember wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:17 amIf we could take right along N. Oak and do frontage infill development mostly with 6-7 story apartment homes above retail you could add thousands of people with TOD principles without it being so dense NIMBYs come out. 64th and N. Oak is a great starting point for this between the extra parking and empty lot.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
WD82459flyingember wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:04 am
The appeal is still going. Last week the KCATA requested oral arguments be rescheduled, it was supposed to be heard next week.
The case was originally filed Jan 24, 2017. So we're at two years 10 months into this lawsuit.
To put that in perspective the downtown line had its official groundbreaking May 22, 2014 and it opened for business May 6, 2016.
We should all thank the KCATA for putting so much money into lawyers to maintain the integrity of the trail for the future.
It appears the case was finally heard yesterday.
A little over 1 year from filing the appeal
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Dave, can you parse out the latest DOT report and whether it's good news for potential funding?
https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.d ... report.pdf
https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.d ... report.pdf
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Official response coming soon. It's good news, but still not a done deal. Done deal = "Full Funding Grant Agreement".grovester wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:11 pm Dave, can you parse out the latest DOT report and whether it's good news for potential funding?
https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.d ... report.pdf
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Good to hear, was a little worried about some of the medium/medium low ratings.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
I am surprised that the estimated ridership of the extension is only 7,300 Daily Linked Trips. The combined system is projected to have 4.5 million riders per year.
@dave How are the ridership numbers calculated and have they been revised upwards with the continued strong growth of the starter line?
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
This seems very positive.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
It looks like you're confusing linked and unlinked trips.normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:52 pmI am surprised that the estimated ridership of the extension is only 7,300 Daily Linked Trips. The combined system is projected to have 4.5 million riders per year.
@dave How are the ridership numbers calculated and have they been revised upwards with the continued strong growth of the starter line?
https://kcstreetcar.org/wp-content/uplo ... ug2019.pdf
This has trip projections
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Well the NY-NJ Hudson Tunnel project only got a medium-high project justification rating when that really should be critical, to put it all into perspective. I think the only thing that could have raised our rating was to pay for more of it.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Federal report ‘good news’ for KC Streetcar expansion
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/f ... -expansion...
KC Streetcar executive director Tom Gerend said Tuesday the report shows the project, which would extend the streetcar line south from Union Station to 51st Street at Brookside Boulevard, “received the highest rating granted” for the category of projects.
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Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC
Given several developers have already invested in Midtown based on possibility of streetcar extension, even more may jump in with this 'highest rating' increasing chances of occurring. Hopefully they are TOD minded and not surface lots in front of buildings oriented. The City needs to ensure that doesn't happen.