Kansas City
Kansas City Unveils a Streets Plan That Puts Walking First
The city's proposed $800 million infrastructure bond would pump money into sidewalks and street safety upgrades.
January 23, 2017
KC Conspiracy Theorists: Walkable Development Will “Devastate” Auto Giants
Now that Kansas City has its streetcar up and running, the city is taking the logical step of updating its zoning code to allow for walkable development along the transit route. And according to some local Agenda 21 believers, anyone who works for the automotive industry should be very afraid.
May 24, 2016
How Two Regions Reined in Job Piracy — And Two Others Failed
They call it "intra-regional job piracy" -- when one town uses tax breaks to lure employers from neighboring towns.
July 11, 2014
Parking Madness Final Four: Kansas City vs. Rochester
The hunt for the worst parking crater on earth nears its epic conclusion with the second Final Four match of Parking Madness.
April 7, 2014
Parking Madness “Elite Eight”: Kansas City vs. Grand Rapids
One more round, and we'll be down to the worst-of-the-worst parking craters in the Parking Madness bracket, our annual search for the worst excesses in urban surface parking.
April 1, 2014
Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Kansas City
It's an intra-Missouri battle today in the fourth match-up of Parking Madness, Streetsblog's annual hunt for the worst parking craters in North America.
March 24, 2014
New Wave of Development Follows Streetcar Construction in Mid-Sized Cities
When selecting a parking lot along the Kansas City streetcar line as the site for a 50-unit, five-story apartment building, Boulder-based developer Linden Street Partners was clear: “The streetcar is the big thing that drew us, absolutely,” the company's Scott Richardson told the Kansas City Star. “We like the demographics and the economic trends. I walked the area and liked the site.”
October 28, 2013
Midwestern Cities Race to Adopt, and Grow, Bike-Share
Pittsburgh was the newest city to announce its bike-share plans this week, when it confirmed the city would add a 500-bike system by the spring of next year.
March 13, 2013
Kansas City’s Squabble-Proof Streetcar Plan
If everything goes according to plan this election, Kansas City will be on track to build its first streetcar in under five years, from conceptual planning to first boarding. Maybe more impressive still, this relatively sprawling Midwestern town is this close to getting its first rail transportation without even a mild political dustup.
October 11, 2012