@EricWBunch @KCMO311 UPDATE: Apparently the community’s requests are no match for what the Federal HIGHWAY Administration has deemed an ineffective method for reducing speeding - stop signs. Pedestrians, walk faster. #WorldCup2026
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Derek Hoetmer
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Derek Hoetmer
@DowntownDerek
Jaywalking Midwestern Bicoastal Urbivore / Landscape Architect / Founder of https://t.co/y50SfUmcG9
Kansas City, MO Katılım Temmuz 2020
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@EricWBunch @BrianDavidPlatt @KCMO311 @STBikesKC @bigcomedown UPDATE: Motorcycle was able to swerve and crash before smearing some neighbors in the crosswalk. Lost a helmet, but all is well.
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This is just a thread to track one of the most under-the-radar intersections in DT KC, 7th and Wyandotte. A critical junction that has a host of problems that could be solved by a couple of stop signs and, eventually, a two-way conversion on 7th.
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Remember this? Disney understood 70 years ago what driving (& bad urban and suburban design creating car dependancy) can do to us. “Motor Mania” from 1950. Are you a Mr. Walker or a Mr. Wheeler? #CarDependency #RoadRage HT @LiorSteinberg
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The American Dream isn't dead. It's just been zoned out of existence.
By simply allowing multi-family homes everywhere, we could:
- Add 3-5 MILLION new homes
- BOOST GDP by 2-3.5%
- INCREASE median wages by 3-5%
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The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning:
"For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles."
Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…
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