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KCMO's Leeds Trafficway to undergo a "road diet", become more bike/ped friendly | KSHB.com

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 5:23pm

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Before the summer ends, city planners in Kansas City are set to begin a makeover that will slim down Leeds Trafficway in the city’s east side.

Until 1988, the four-lane trafficway served as the primary way to alleviate congestion from the General Motors factory.

Today, it’s a different story.

“People who drive this road for the most part use it as a relatively sedated throughway,” said Sean Demory, a Kansas City, Mo., Public Works spokesperson.

Planners have chosen the stretch of the four-lane trafficway between Stadium Drive and Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd to undergo the first so-called “road diet” in the city.

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KCMO's Leeds Trafficway to undergo a "road diet", become more bike/ped friendly | KSHB.com
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MoBikeFed comment: More about road diets and KCMO's work to implement them at

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/edc-3/reconfiguration.cfm
http://bikewalkkc.org/2015/04/quick-update-on-the-kcmo-road-diet-analysis/

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