Local Bike Advocates: E-Scooters Are Game-Changing
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In Nashville, Kansas City and Baltimore, advocates raised a couple concerns. But they all say scooters seem to be meeting a real need.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Kansas City
Kansas City Shows How to Upgrade a Very Sorry Bus Stop
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This isn't rocket science, but it does require some attention to how people use transit.
Kansas City Will Take a Serious Look at Removing Downtown Highway
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Rochester just converted part of its Inner Loop highway into a surface street, a similar project is underway in New Haven, and freeway teardowns are in play in many other American cities. Now you can add Kansas City to the list of places getting serious about removing a highway to save money, improve walkability, and open downtown land for development.
Kansas City Unveils a Streets Plan That Puts Walking First
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The city's proposed $800 million infrastructure bond would pump money into sidewalks and street safety upgrades.
KC Conspiracy Theorists: Walkable Development Will “Devastate” Auto Giants
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Now that Kansas City has its streetcar up and running, the city is taking the logical step of updating its zoning code to allow for walkable development along the transit route. And according to some local Agenda 21 believers, anyone who works for the automotive industry should be very afraid. Up for a vote this Thursday at […]
How Two Regions Reined in Job Piracy — And Two Others Failed
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They call it “intra-regional job piracy” — when one town uses tax breaks to lure employers from neighboring towns. Job piracy is very common in regions across the United States. And it almost always results in employers moving farther from the central city. As the D.C.-based think tank Good Jobs First has shown [PDF], this job […]