Kansas City Troost Conversation Skeptical Of Traffic Improvements

We highlighted an important passage hidden in so much propaganda about the benefits of traffic slowdowns . . . 

The first round of public engagement for the project took place in February 2025, with an open house and 75 online survey responses. From this feedback the city identified a number of improvements for the ten-mile long road, some of which have already been completed.

In South Kansas City, the city installed raised pedestrian walkways along the east side of Troost from 82nd St to Bannister Rd, along with a high-intensity activated crosswalk south of 79th St, in front of the public charter school Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA).

Some meeting attendees expressed skepticism that street repairs could help when faced with wider issues of serious law breaking.

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Public Works asks residents for ideas to make Troost safer

Feedback will help determine engineering improvements to reduce traffic crashes