tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post3628599210488504118..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! KICK-ASS KANSAS CITY STREETCAR GUEST POST TONIGHT!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-14122699282220983882014-06-27T06:37:32.813-05:002014-06-27T06:37:32.813-05:00this is revisionist history. The reason why the u...this is revisionist history. The reason why the urban core is what it is lies in the fact that after MLK was shot blacks burned half the city to the ground so whites moved out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-5322836368919204142014-06-26T21:53:30.053-05:002014-06-26T21:53:30.053-05:00Because the suburbs re leeches
Literally the wors...Because the suburbs re leeches<br /><br />Literally the worst suburbs of any metro in the us, absolutely devoid of any institutional understanding of the relationship of suburbs to core cities.<br /><br />Kc suburbs = Joplin Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-57511359956264316002014-06-26T21:47:57.091-05:002014-06-26T21:47:57.091-05:0070 years of subsidizing sprawl set people to the s...70 years of subsidizing sprawl set people to the suburbs. <br /><br />Investing modestly in the core for a decade is somehow a huge controversy with you morons though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-40120183090954506582014-06-26T10:53:38.039-05:002014-06-26T10:53:38.039-05:00KCI at the downtown airport? That sounds as stupid...KCI at the downtown airport? That sounds as stupid as the toy train does. <br /><br />Who the hell wants big ass planes flying non-stop around downtown? Besides, the downtown airport has zero room for expansion for the larger planes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-71086135574567402812014-06-26T09:53:24.235-05:002014-06-26T09:53:24.235-05:00San Francisco is mostly supported by those who inh...San Francisco is mostly supported by those who inherited money or made their wealth elsewhere. Not every city can survive off trust fund babies and tourists. Some like KC should produce and innovate instead of imitating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-44944654568182683642014-06-26T09:46:05.853-05:002014-06-26T09:46:05.853-05:00Wow. Kansas City once had cable cars, just like Sa...Wow. Kansas City once had cable cars, just like San Francisco still has. But then San Francisco was run by people who had at least a little sense of vision. <br /><br />Tourists still flock to SF to ride the cable cars.<br /><br />Tourists have never flocked to KC except briefly in the '20s and '30s, and then it was for jazz, booze and cheap poontang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-34405321662859395932014-06-26T09:06:54.493-05:002014-06-26T09:06:54.493-05:00Nope. I grew up with gas under 30 cents a gallon. ...Nope. I grew up with gas under 30 cents a gallon. People will just adapt to higher gas prices just as we have done with today's prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-69683927227155181282014-06-26T08:30:41.027-05:002014-06-26T08:30:41.027-05:007:51 is correct. The only way the Toy Train idea ...7:51 is correct. The only way the Toy Train idea would ever work will be determined by the price of gasoline. When gasoline hits 5 to 8 bucks a gallon many douche bags will have to decide on a couple of gallons of gas to drive to P&L for a $ 8.00 draft or catch the "Toy Train" and have pocket change. <br /><br />That is when the douche bags will choose the Toy Train. When beer is involved.<br /><br />Then Toy Train will have little effect on the hood rats as they will rob and steal either way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-35733920139399489792014-06-26T07:51:29.978-05:002014-06-26T07:51:29.978-05:00Streetcars went away because the were obsolete. P...Streetcars went away because the were obsolete. People wanted to live in the burbs, they did not abandon the inner city because the streetcars went away.<br /><br />Just as a lack of streetcars did not send them to the burbs, building streetcars does not bring them back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-70931018325946342542014-06-26T07:20:52.754-05:002014-06-26T07:20:52.754-05:00The last successful at least partly regional effor...The last successful at least partly regional effort was the bi-state tax to renovate Union Station, which was then followed by a massively excessive artrs proposal which appropriately went down in flames.<br />As the largest municipal jurisdiction in the metro, it would be nice if KCMO electeds demonstrated at least a little interest in building a more cohesive region, but they're way too caught up in fluff like All Star Games and financial insanity like the streetcar fiasco.<br />Does anyone really think that the mayors and city councils of other communities in the metro (and there are 115 of them) want to become a part of the kind of high-handed insider nonsense that they see every day from KCMO?<br />A metro area in two states and seven counties could be a big plus. But not without the leadership to make that happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-54534148157350693092014-06-26T05:47:58.259-05:002014-06-26T05:47:58.259-05:00You're all over the place with that comment bu...You're all over the place with that comment but I partially agree. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8262852557704080982014-06-26T04:13:02.737-05:002014-06-26T04:13:02.737-05:00We get the rail system that Burns & Mac is goi...We get the rail system that Burns & Mac is going to give us. It's already decided and the public wasn't a part of the process. Gasoline is beginning to climb fast putting pressure on Burns & Mac to serve the public interest for mass transit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-62941599729804674622014-06-26T00:00:20.148-05:002014-06-26T00:00:20.148-05:00agree with the editor.
Sly killed KC democracy. ...agree with the editor. <br /><br />Sly killed KC democracy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-19316059679435396082014-06-25T23:49:23.030-05:002014-06-25T23:49:23.030-05:00The whole streetcar concept is ridiculous. Buses ...The whole streetcar concept is ridiculous. Buses were an advancement. Going back to a fixed track system is...what? Nostalgic?<br /><br />Trains might work but they'd have to be fast and work College Blvd, airport, downtown and key places in between...wth parking lots.<br /><br />Problem with mass transit is that people need door to door...and sadly, this isn't an urban city...its built around cars.<br /><br />This aint urban NY, WASH, Boston where people live in the dense city. We live in the suburbs. All spread out.<br /><br />Mass transit's got to get a lot better before it'll really work... and spending money on a short line or a stupid streetcar is not well planned.<br /><br />Not planned for US! We don't WALK here to final destination. We're not part of the NY culture of walking to the subway, riding and walking to work.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-81445971465427840562014-06-25T22:46:05.322-05:002014-06-25T22:46:05.322-05:00While Kansas City is focused on lame streetcar tec...While Kansas City is focused on lame streetcar technology which is not sustainable and will fail again... other cities are looking at green initiatives like solar roadways. Don't you just love babyboomers?theEditornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-43630399615855878632014-06-25T22:42:22.332-05:002014-06-25T22:42:22.332-05:00This guy has a good perspective, wish KC elected&#...This guy has a good perspective, wish KC elected's would pay attention. But they only want cheerleaders. Some people are optimistic, they just don't want to drink the kool aid.Jobunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-30185731895872982582014-06-25T21:53:30.388-05:002014-06-25T21:53:30.388-05:00Whats he or she doing here if they are not a negat...Whats he or she doing here if they are not a negative person?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-28779239255613753412014-06-25T21:18:49.166-05:002014-06-25T21:18:49.166-05:00Slie - Mayor Sly James fired back that the city is...Slie - Mayor Sly James fired back that the city is following a required process to ensure that the project, if voters approve, would be eligible for federal funding.<br /><br />FTA: No federal requirement for door-to-door meetings - Kansas City Business Journal<br /><br />There is no federal mandate requiring Kansas City or its contractors to hold door-to-door meetings before part of the city votes on a proposed extension of the streetcar project, according to the Federal Transit Administration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-39552044340392908322014-06-25T21:01:14.922-05:002014-06-25T21:01:14.922-05:00An done of the most important aspects of serious l...An done of the most important aspects of serious long-term thinking is understanding that the entire region can become much more cohesive economically and politically, if there are leaders who focus on developing relationships, trust, and understanding among states, counties, and cities that can then further grow into inter-local projects and cost-sharing which work to the entire area's benefit.<br />But it takes big thinkers, as the poster points out, and it akes elected officials who both understand and appreciate public policy, and such folks are woefully lacking and have been for a long time.<br />But that's how mayors and county officials should be spending their time, not running around pandering to every little group, attending social functions, and planning what offices they're going to run for next.<br />Nothing like what the poster correctly suggests is even faintly on the horizon.<br />And the messianic spending and focus on the little streetcar project is a great example.<br />But that's why the KC region is becoming LESS competitive, as recently reported.<br />The two states, seven counties, and 115 municipalities in the metro could form a powerful alliance, if only all the parochialism and self-importance didn't constatly get in the way.<br />Really a shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-24109792819224907952014-06-25T20:41:43.601-05:002014-06-25T20:41:43.601-05:00This guy nails it, got to think about this LONG TE...This guy nails it, got to think about this LONG TERM. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com