Kansas City 'Vision Zero' Stays Losing

So . . . Here's the plan . . .

Rather than hire more cops or shut down local street racing and side shows, KCMO is dedicated to complicating intersections and turning so many corners into a sketchy maze that actually makes this town HARDER to navigate.

Our East side friends are better about speaking up against this nonsense . . . Meanwhile, barriers, blockades and all manner of amateur urban design are making Midtown into a mess.

Of course . . . We share a more optimistic view by way of public radio newsies . .  .

The city has completed nearly 250 projects this year alone, and about 400 total since it started implementing Vision Zero after City Council passed it in 2020.

Many of those were small, neighborhood projects like adding flashing stop signs and speed humps.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

95 people died in car crashes in Kansas City in 2024. The city will keep trying to make roads safer

Kansas City set a goal to end all traffic fatalities by 2030. The Vision Zero program has worked block by block to make roads throughout the city safer, but officials say it needs more money to reach its goals.