New Kansas City Royals Stadium Schemes To Remove Bike Lanes

Sent our way be a few AWESOME TKC READERS . . . As more deets on the new Royals stadium emerge, here's one more low-key local controversy against the upcoming billionaire hangout. 

To wit . . .

MORE THAN A FEW CYCLISTS CRY FOUL OVER PLANS TO RIP OUT NEWLY INSTALLED BIKE LANES TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW ROYALS STADIUM TRAFFIC!!!

 Of course, nothing is "concrete" just yet BUT here's a bit of justification that we found . . . 

To accommodate massive crowds on 81+ game nights a year, the city must maximize traffic flow. Some surrounding streets may undergo a "road diet" or lane restructuring.

While the city previously reduced vehicular lanes to install bike lanes downtown, a stadium district requires high-capacity vehicle staging, rideshare drop-off zones, and emergency vehicle access, which can directly conflict with protected bike lane configurations.

Local transit advocates and city hall officials note that changes to the Gillham Road and 27th Street bike lanes are being looked at as opportunities to redesign rather than eliminate.

The stadium footprint will likely replace standard street bike lanes with specialized, safer multi-modal pathways integrated directly into the new $1.9 billion ballpark district, separating cyclists entirely from heavy game-day vehicle traffic.

Even better . . . 

KICK-ASS KC CYCLISTS OFFERED THIS REBUKE THAT'S CIRCULATING ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA OFFERING BIKE LANE RESISTANCE TO NEW ROYALS STADIUM!!! 

First on www.TonysKansasCity.com, here's the word. . .

"Typical City Hall. They lecture us for years about a "greener, more walkable Kansas City," waste millions of taxpayer dollars painting and building "protected" bike lanes, and then the second a billionaire sports owner clicks his fingers, they grab the erasers and start wiping it all away.

"This city council doesn’t care about public transit, environmental goals, or the daily commuters who actually live here. They care about one thing: bowing down to billionaire sports franchise owners who hold our city hostage for taxpayer-funded playground districts. John Sherman wants a shiny new toy in Crown Center, so the rest of us get pushed into traffic.

"We were told these bike networks were the future of KCMO. Turns out, the future of KCMO is whatever a billionaire wants it to be. City Hall’s "planning" is a joke—they don't plan for the residents, they plan for the box suites. It is completely shameful to see our public infrastructure sold out just to accommodate 81 nights of rideshare lanes and parking garages."

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