Most of these lanes don't garner much traffic and serve mostly as a nuisance to drivers trying to navigate neighborhood streets. Moreover, as the KCMO election approaches we've seen "cycling advocates" reveal themselves as nothing more than politically motivated locals candidates wanting to launch their careers by way of petty volunteerism at the expense of more pressing local priorities.
Here's slanted "service journalism" which assumes that bicycles are a viable form of transit and takes the word of middle-class "advocates" over the voices of people who live nearby. Read more:
Here's slanted "service journalism" which assumes that bicycles are a viable form of transit and takes the word of middle-class "advocates" over the voices of people who live nearby. Read more:
Paseo Bikeway Would Improve Safety, But City Doesn't Have Funding To Finish Project
A bikeway along Paseo Boulevard would improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, but even with a federal grant, Kansas City is short on funds. The Public Works Department is considering two different designs for the bikeway, said spokeswoman Beth Breitenstein.
It’s funny that they all of a sudden are painting bike lanes every where that go no where, they just painted bike lanes on Benton going north from clever blvd and they stopped after a block and a half. They’re bike lanes popping up everywhere that are just like this one, what’s the point if they’re miles apart and only a block and a half long?
ReplyDeleteTotal waste of money.
ReplyDeleteTotal waste of tax payer money.
ReplyDeleteA lot of other things need fixed before money is wasted for a few bike riders.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to have a death wish if you try to bike on city streets.
ReplyDeleteI ride my bike all the time and have never "needed" a bike lane. I think it's a feel-good use of paint.
ReplyDeleteIn the interest of safety all city streets should be changed over two lanes or less.
ReplyDeleteI have sons that ride bikes and I always tell them to be careful. Idiots on the road don't watch for bikes or respect another persons right to safety.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't like the bike lanes but I want my grandchildren to have their fathers. Please be careful around bicyclists.
Paseo ?! Last area elite whites want to ride their bikes. When the last time you saw an inner city youth on a bicycle ?
ReplyDeleteWhen he just stole it
DeleteLOL!!
DeleteAnyone riding a bike up and down Paseo, had better be in Seal Team 6 and loaded for bear.
ReplyDeletePainted lines are the least of your worries.
i do not understand the everywhere/nowhere logic of bike lanes either, except if they advertising vague intent. makes more sense if they make the I-70 and I-35 of bike paths before trying to convince some folks that riding on the shoulder of the road, trying to trust traffic to their back, is fun. Too bad useful public commons and recreational economies like the Katy trail require an environmental disaster for funding to establish. Katy trail is as much public infrastructure as I-70, should have been prioritized, funded, and invested as such, as should expansions of it that are as fastidious, determined, and domineering as highway continuity.
ReplyDeleteGrammar Nazi said
ReplyDelete"A lot of other things need fixed "
A lot of other things need TO BE fixed
Better use the paint on dilapidated homes.
ReplyDeleteTeam Slie wants to use the money for his pet projects.
ReplyDelete^^Spending money on the poor is unAmerican.
ReplyDeletePretending that we all live in a middle class fantasy land is what America is all about.
10:55, the stupid cyclists are arrogant fools who ignore the rules of the road, weave in and out of traffic, and flip people off.
ReplyDeleteSo quit whining...THEY need to watch out for CARS!
11:00 I see colored boys riding bikes all the time, after they stole it! Lmao!
ReplyDeleteAren't most of the cyclists homosexuals? No more money.
ReplyDeleteSly's ass eats bicycle seats.
ReplyDeleteYou can always tell which cyclists are gay 'cause they've removed the seat....
DeleteNo one in their right mind would ride a bike on Paseo or any other street in the 'hood.
ReplyDeleteFuck Off 11:52, what was said is good enough, short and to the point. Get a fucking life asshole preferably somewhere else besides TKC.
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