Comments on: Mission moves towards livability through traffic calming

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:00:37 +0000

Narrower streets will cause slower driving speeds and increased pedestrian traffic, both of which will help businesses. You miss a lot by driving fast. People will notice businesses they never knew were there.

By: ScooterJ

ScooterJ — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:28:09 +0000

Missionites who are opposed to the plan should look to the example set by North Kansas City. Armbour could have been a highway through downtown NKC, instead they made it 1 lane in each direction, gave it wide sidewalks, and banned trucks. Their downtown district is thriving!

By: New Plans for Johnson Drive in Mission

New Plans for Johnson Drive in Mission — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:56:06 +0000

[...] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I read an exciting post today on BlogKC.com about the City Council’s plan in Mission, Kansas to turn Johnson Drive into more of a [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:34:37 +0000

Kudos to the Mission City Council. This plan will help keep Mission home values strong and keep their town a desirable place to live in the metro. I live in KCMO, but as a Realtor I will definitely keep supporting and promoting Mission to clients.

By: DaveKCMO

DaveKCMO — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:48:56 +0000

hooray for mission! let’s hope roeland park follows suit. the interior ‘burbs cannot survive as auto-gutters.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:25:59 +0000

Excellent post, and a glimmer of hope for progressive planning in the Metro.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:59:15 +0000

I’m glad this is happening. I spent a year on the KCATA advisory board, and Mission was the only Kansas suburb that expressed a lot of interest in improving public transportation. Let’s hope this is the first step in that direction. Everything boils down to funding, however.