Kansas City streets have too much space for cars, not enough for bicyclists & pedestrians
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sat, 04/23/2005 - 12:33am
A recent Kansas City Star article about city planner Allan B. Jacobs gives his opinion of the Kansas City street space:
When it came to the streets of Kansas City, Jacobs believed far too much space was dedicated to cars and not enough for bicyclists, sidewalks, streetscaping and pedestrians.If you agree with this assessment, please email a copy of this excerpt along with a statement saying that you agree with it, to Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Kay Barnes. Email: Mayor@kcmo.org.
“One of the things I've noticed are there aren't many trees, and I wondered why that would be,” he said. “I expected more.”
On a walk between the central business district and Crown Center, Jacobs estimated the width of Baltimore and Main streets out of professional habit. He calculated about 70 percent of the right of way was set aside for cars, far too large a share. Why not wider sidewalks and some room for bicyclists?
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