KCRag Forum

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:05 pm ok. we've went round and round about this for a decade and there is nothing really here to discuss. Again sorry for bringing it up. Great pics.

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:40 pm Unsure entirely, I haven’t skimmed through yet, some previous projects through past grant rounds have supported:
-bi-state transit improvements (JoCo Mission Transit Center, Metcalf Connex, KCK Connex, 7th/Minn transit Center, 47th/State Transit Center)
-Starter-line & Riverfront Streetcar
-bi-state Sustainable Corridors planning/design (pending)

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing ... aise-grant

RAISE projects are rigorously reviewed and evaluated on statutory criteria of safety, environmental sustainability, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and innovation.

This year’s NOFO builds on the success of the RAISE program as authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by refining the rating rubric and continuing to give priority to safety, environmental sustainability, mobility and community connectivity, and quality of life.

DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:51 pm

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:40 pm Unsure entirely, I haven’t skimmed through yet, some previous projects through past grant rounds have supported:
-bi-state transit improvements (JoCo Mission Transit Center, Metcalf Connex, KCK Connex, 7th/Minn transit Center, 47th/State Transit Center)
-Starter-line & Riverfront Streetcar
-bi-state Sustainable Corridors planning/design (pending)

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing ... aise-grant

RAISE projects are rigorously reviewed and evaluated on statutory criteria of safety, environmental sustainability, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and innovation.

This year’s NOFO builds on the success of the RAISE program as authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by refining the rating rubric and continuing to give priority to safety, environmental sustainability, mobility and community connectivity, and quality of life.

Rigorous is right. RAISE applications are major efforts. DOT staff make the recommendations, which go all the way to the White House for approval.

Don't expect any highway widening. You'll need local match, which will be a challenge for any project not already funded (minus planning grants, which are usually just a portion of the money made available).

NOFO - Notice of Funding opportunity

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:36 pm ...daytime is about the same as it has always been since so few people work there.

trailerkid wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:23 pm

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:36 pm ...daytime is about the same as it has always been since so few people work there.

It was pure luck our downtown was only sold off / given away to Cordish / AEG for entertainment and cheesedick luxury apartments and not sold off /given away to Sprint or Cerner for millions upon millions of vacant square feet.

Go to Downtown San Francisco on a Friday afternoon or a Monday. Most of it looks like Kansas City. You can go to Starbucks and there's 6 people in an hour. Their office rush (on its busiest "anchor days") now is like 30% of the pre pandemic levels. Downtown KC has been empty for most of our adult lives. Back to the future. We dodged a major bullet.

Give people a reason to walk around in the day. Streetcar was a start.

trailerkid wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:23 pm

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:36 pm ...daytime is about the same as it has always been since so few people work there.

It was pure luck our downtown was only sold off / given away to Cordish / AEG for entertainment and cheesedick luxury apartments and not sold off /given away to Sprint or Cerner for millions upon millions of vacant square feet.

Go to Downtown San Francisco on a Friday afternoon or a Monday. Most of it looks like Kansas City. You can go to Starbucks and there's 6 people in an hour. Their office rush (on its busiest "anchor days") now is like 30% of the pre pandemic levels. Downtown KC has been empty for most of our adult lives. Back to the future. We dodged a major bullet.

Give people a reason to walk around in the day. Streetcar was a start.

langosta wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:42 pm I would rather have a big downtown office district that can get repurposed than a sea of parking lots (what we have).

WoodDraw wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:14 pm I'm sure there's a reason for it, but I feel like the beg signs are becoming really dangerous along the street car. You can't get a walk with unless you time it right, so you either walk with a green light and don't walk sign or just wait for ages.

Is there any way to promote better pedestrian safety on main? Other streets aren't like this.

FlippantCitizen wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:21 pm

WoodDraw wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:14 pm I'm sure there's a reason for it, but I feel like the beg signs are becoming really dangerous along the street car. You can't get a walk with unless you time it right, so you either walk with a green light and don't walk sign or just wait for ages.

Is there any way to promote better pedestrian safety on main? Other streets aren't like this.

Beg buttons are for suckers. Look both ways and at the lights. I know when it's safe to walk and when not. Wish KC would get the timing of lights right for peds and cars for that matter right. Just another case of asking too much from a mid sized American city. Guess we have to make our own luck.

WoodDraw wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:14 pm I'm sure there's a reason for it, but I feel like the beg signs are becoming really dangerous along the street car. You can't get a walk with unless you time it right, so you either walk with a green light and don't walk sign or just wait for ages.

Is there any way to promote better pedestrian safety on main? Other streets aren't like this.