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Category Archives: Transportation
City invests in new entertainment trolley while cutting public transit budget
The Star has all the details on The Kansas City Strip, a new private trolley route linking the city’s various entertainment districts – Power & Light, Crossroads, 18th and Vine, Union Hill, Westport, Plaza, Brookside, and Waldo. For $15 partiers … Continue reading
Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Downtown, Midtown/Plaza, Tax Breaks, Transportation
Tagged @kcatametro, @kclightrail
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade logistics
For the second year in a row the parade will be in Midtown instead of Downtown, running down Broadway Boulevard from Linwood Boulevard to 43rd Street in Westport. MAX will be the best way to get to/from the parade with … Continue reading
Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Midtown/Plaza, Transportation
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City vying for super-fast Google broadband network
Last week the City Council formally endorsed an application to be a test city for Google Fiber for Communities, the company’s plan to build its own high speed Internet networks around the country. The gigabit/second speeds would be 100 times … Continue reading
Posted in City Council, Google Fiber, Transportation
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I-70 commuters screwed this year
If you commute on I-70, get ready for a long year as two big construction projects will make driving very painful: The I-70/I-435 intersection is getting completely rebuilt. Eventually there will be six full lanes under I-435, reducing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
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Sprawl vs Sustainability showcased in KC this week
This week the opposing forces of sprawl and sustainability will be dueling for supremacy in the metro area. On the sprawl side, the infamous Tomahawke Ridge leapfrog development will likely pass the KCMO City Council’s Planning & Zoning Committee and … Continue reading
I-70 among country’s worst commutes
A new study of automobile commutes finds that I-70 in Kansas City is the 58th worst commute in the country, being congested 47 hours a week. The worst spot on I-70 is eastbound at Van Brunt, thanks to the bottleneck … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
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City Council discusses snow plowing
This morning the City Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee took testimony from Public Works and other City staff about snow removal. The bottom line is that City Council doesn’t provide enough staff or money for city crews to do as … Continue reading