“We like it the way it is, we don’t want more people.
I’ve heard plenty of people just complaining that “Kansas City is getting too big”, as well as people complaining about whatever new suburban apartment complex is being built. Hence the opposition to improving KCI, the reluctance to doing more than the streetcar, the opposition to development. Not everyone wants Kansas City to change or grow. Always strive to do the best you can do, and then some more after that.īut what you’ve said brings up a good point. I’m a firm believer that you shouldn’t accept stagnation or status quo’s. That can only truly be done with more development, more people, and by mimicking what today’s most successful cities have all done. Our eyes should be set on 20-30 years from now, and on accomplishing in the next couple decades, what cities like Denver, Minneapolis-St Paul, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City and Phoenix have done in their previous 20-30 years.Īim at making Kansas City a bigger, stronger and more competitive city. Light rail and commuter rail is an integral part of that. We can’t stop sprawling development, but at the least we can combat it a little with good urban development, and do so beyond just the Downtown-Plaza core. As well as establish cores and corridors with walkable development all around the city.
The overall goal ought to be creating an interconnected city where you can get anywhere conveniently without the use of a car. Yes, it's great, but we have to connect more people with jobs and rail will just suck up all of the available capital (which ain't much, post streetcar) and some of these corridors don't even have all-day bus service now.ĭevelopment ought to be the end goal, or at least part of it. Development does not have to be the end game. Couple that with the intense deference to NIMBYs (affordable housing in the Northland, six stories in Midtown freak outs, etc etc.) and the lack of regional cooperation required to build almost anything in this list.ĭude, I am so down on light rail right now for KC. Had MainCor not been two steps ahead with their overlay, the city would probably just NOW be getting around to doing something (and that's being generous). DaveKCMO wrote:My skepticism comes from direct experience watching the city fumble TOD along the downtown route.
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