Google Maps' edit turnaround times have been glacial since the start of the pandemic - I submitted an update on May 20 to add the trail connection between Cliff Drive and Columbus Park. I just checked on it and it's still pending.
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Google Maps' edit turnaround times have been glacial since the start of the pandemic - I submitted an update on May 20 to add the trail connection between Cliff Drive and Columbus Park. I just checked on it and it's still pending.
Traffic engineers that don't want them. KC over-engineers or waters down bike projects, which raises the price and simultaneously sets them up to fail.normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:51 amIts amazing to use but I am blow away by the high costs. Why are these so expensive and how can we make it cheaper? What prevents us from having some Boy Scouts start installing these on side streets?
Not protected, too many people parking in them, paint faded quickly (not theromplasic???), no connecting cross routes, too many parking lots/few public destinations compared to other streets, too close to the streetcar to draw method choice (can hop on the train to cover the same distance), not enough bike racks along the route
I could be missing something to be fair. I can see Grand from my office and do the most walking up and down Grand, rarely see a bike.
What is the process for hiring city staff? Would hiring a younger, more progressive city manager from a new urbanism city help in who we hire or is it so entrenched that it would take decades to see a change?DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:40 am Traffic engineers that don't want them. KC over-engineers or waters down bike projects, which raises the price and simultaneously sets them up to fail.
Other cities that have more progressive and bike-friendly staff find ways to implement projects successfully and many are quick-build to reduce costs and learn fast what works and what doesn't. This stuff evolves often and more quickly than traditional traffic engineering.
beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:26 pm What is the process for hiring city staff? Would hiring a younger, more progressive city manager from a new urbanism city help in who we hire or is it so entrenched that it would take decades to see a change?
The next phase from Parks is to protect the bike lanes. KCMO could simply refresh the paint with their existing paint crews (which, coincidentally, have repainted the crosswalks in this corridor quite recently).
The annual repainting of the ladder crosswalks is apprecaited but it sure does feel like a waste of money over putting down more permanent marking materials.