C: The Hyde Parker
D: The Northeaster
E. The Swope Parker
F: The Northtowner
H: KCK
AA: Armour Crosstown
CC: Brush Creek
New protected bike lanes on Broadway
Grab your dramamine, we’ve got some craaazy new bike lanes between Linwood Boulevard and Westport Road on Broadway. Is any new bike infrastructure a good thing? I have got to keep believing that. But we’re putting that to the…
Keep readingThe Plaza: KC’s premier bike-free zone for over 100 years!
These days, the Country Club Plaza needs all the traffic it can get. More storefronts—nearly 33%— are vacant than were during the Great Depression. The sidewalks are empty. So maybe it’s time to encourage even cyclists to ride there?…
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Worst thing since sliced bread
I don’t mean to be critical, but who is the blithering idiot who designed this? The intersection of Brookside Boulevard, Main Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, already a testament to engineering incompetence, has gotten even more…
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Stopped at the light on eastbound 59th Street trying to cross Ward Parkway. It’s a long light. There is no southbound traffic coming on Ward Parkway for at least two blocks. After 20 seconds, I run the red light.…
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Block of the Month: 5400 block of Wyandotte
It’s a short stretch but one of my favorite streets in the city: the 5400 Block of Wyandotte. It includes a gentle eastward (when traveling south) curve and a set of wonderful homes. The video starts at 51st Street…
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e-biking in Kansas City 