Kansas City 'Streetcar Only Lanes' Coming Soon After Toy Train Fixed

We haven't seen this kind of transit hubris since a glorious night in 2014. 

Think about it for just a sec . . .

KANSAS CITY POLITICOS WANT TO TRIM DOWN MAIN STREET FOR THE TOY TRAIN THAT'S CURRENTLY BROKEN!!!

It's the same "road diet" idea we witnessed take hold during the pandemic.

Now . . . After an election with 13% turnout . . . Politicos know that there are no consequences to thumbing their nose at voters and that's why they want to take Main Street back to a dinky two-lane path so that hipsters can also ride their bicycles . . . IF it goes this way, TKC demands the right to take a horse-cart out on the street given that retro sensibilities seem to rule the local political class.

 

Meanwhile, the Chinese are making high speed rail work across one of the greatest land masses on earth.

And so we check the KCMO plan that seems backward . . .

In an early Wednesday morning tweet, Mayor Quinton Lucas said in part: "Eric Bunch and I will be presenting an ordinance soon to make sure this gets done. Safer routes for all are key to a safer city."

That proposal: keeping the lanes currently under construction only open to transit

"We see the benefit as one operational benefit to the streetcar, fewer backups. I can guarantee that most of that traffic will come back especially once the streetcars start carrying 3,000 to 10,000 people and that's going to be a huge shot in the arm," said Eric Bunch, Kansas City’s 4th district councilman.

A quick fact check . . .

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT KANSAS CITY SMALL BIZ ON MAIN STREET HATE THIS IDEA!!!

Again . . . Another bright side . . . Small biz won't stay on Main for long given there is obviously an organized effort to wipe out low-end merchants in order to turn this part of town into an upscale destination despite rampant crime in the area.

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

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