DANGEROUS KANSAS CITY STOPLIGHT REMOVAL CONTINUES DESPITE OUTRAGE!!!
Kansas City Public Works changes their language instead of their strategy on the controversial issue of stoplight removal. Also, an onslaught of public meetings mostly intended to fatigue local complainers is a tried and true local government strategy. The fact is, most residents won't know the real "impact" of stoplight removal until some poor soul gets hit as cars now have fewer impediments to speed through neighborhoods and near schools.
To wit . . .
TAKE A LOOK AT KANSAS CITY STOPLIGHT REMOVAL CONTINUING WITHOUT MUCH DELAY!!!
Northeast News: City fine-tunes traffic signal removal process
Money line . . .
"Kansas City has 648 traffic signals and Public Works has evaluated 245 signals. Of the 245 signals, 144 are unwarranted, Public Works Spokesperson Sean Demory said. Those signals will eventually be removed. Public Works plans to finish evaluating the remaining 350 traffic signals within the next 18 months."
About the rhetoric . . . Residents have voiced NUMEROUS complaints that removing these signals represents a DANGEROUS decision by Public Works. Now, in turn, PUBLIC WORKS now contends that keeping "unwarranted" signals represents public safety concern. The bottom line is that most residents (under their breath) contend that this is nothing more than a COST CUTTING DECISION taking aim at the urban core and representing yet another symptom of a Mayor and City Council more focused on development and pet projects than maintaining infrastructure.
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The bastards never even considered what the change to 4-Way Stops meant to pedestrian traffic.
Spot on 6:12. Walkability to these idiots must mean walking their fat ass from their office chair to the 8th floor city hall dining room.
Walk?
Mmmmm Good donuts! I will have another ....sack.
In case you have not figured it out yet, the people at City Hall DO NOT CARE about the day-to-day quality of life in Kansas City neighborhoods. They only care about running their fat mouths while sitting on their fat asses and collecting fat paychecks. To get them to listen you have to get between them and the feeding trough.
Seems to me that requiring traffic to stop in all directions would make it easier for pedestrians to cross, rather than waiting for a signal to turn green.
But then again, I am not one to whine about EVERY thing that changes, including traffic at intersections where stoplights were installed 60 years ago.
4 way stops are WAY better for pedestrians.
They are also better for traffic and keeping speeds down, which enhances safety for everyone.
Your knee-jerk outraged is as misguided as it is phony.
Agreed, 8:26.
You know, if he had thought about it a couple of years ago, Tony or some enterprising journalist would have had a real good story if they examined the 648 stoplight intersections and discovered how much money the city was wasting in operating those obsolete lights at intersections where traffic no longer warranted them.
And remember, the status quo is not an option. The alternative is replacing those obsolete lights with "cross-arm" lights at a cost of millions.
Isn't it a good idea to find out where those lights are really needed before going to all that expense?
Or imagine if they just decided that ALL 648 intersections would need cross-arm signals? Can you imagine the screaming Tony would be doing about that?
Oh yeah I buy the KC BS. Put in red light cams to promote safety and yank out traffic lights to....to....to....fucking be able to maintain lights where there are red light cams.
Management doesn't care. Time for new management.
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