Kansas City No Vote 'Road Diet' Slowdown Coming Soon?!?

A glimpse at tactics from city hall in 2025 . . .

KCMO will push for "road diets" and then wait to see how bad the complaints are from residents in order to adjust their plans.

They're tried this tact in a few places on the East side and residents just straight up ripped out the silly traffic restrictions. 

Here's a glimpse at legislation to push this authoritarian local street cut back move . . . 

The Kansas City Council approved an ordinance in October to put those dangerous streets on “road diets,” reducing the number of lanes the next time they’re resurfaced. And soon, the city will update its street design guidelines to make safer, if slower, roads the default rather than the exception.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Kansas City's plan to automatically remove lanes from dangerous roads

Most of Kansas City's four-lane roads are too fast and too empty. The Kansas City Council decided to slim down a batch of 28 roads the next time they're repaved to make them safer.

How to request a crosswalk or stop sign in Kansas City

Kansas City residents can ask the city to install new speed bumps, stop signs or crosswalks in their neighborhood. Traffic engineers have wide discretion to approve or reject requests, but City Council has the final say.

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