-
A new warning system may have forced a diet on Northeast Kansas City's most infamous bridge, but it hasn't stopped Thomas Gieseke's imagination from transforming the structure into a thing of whimsy and terror.
-
No one expects to die violently when they get in a car or go for a walk, but that nightmare took the life of someone in Kansas City almost twice a week in 2023 — even as traffic fatalities decreased nationwide. Plus: How canning evolved from the home to factories, and why people are returning to the practice.
-
No one expects to die violently when they get in a car or go for a walk, but that nightmare took the life of someone in Kansas City almost twice a week in 2023. And while the death toll eased some nationwide, crossing the street is as dangerous as it’s been in decades.
-
Kansas City set a goal of ending all traffic fatalities by 2030, but last year proved to be one of its deadliest yet. While the Vision Zero program has been slowly fixing streets for pedestrians as well as cars, city leaders say it needs more funding to make that happen.
-
The roughly 17.5-mile stretch of K-10 that runs through Johnson County and its surrounding traffic corridor have long been considered in need of improvement by state and local leaders. The highway sees some 80,000 cars a day, and an express toll way may
-
Since March 29, Kansas City Police have received 296 calls related to street racing and sideshow activities. While the city has invested in some new infrastructure, such as installing plastic discs in the ground that make it harder for stunt drivers, the changes haven't held up as well as officials hoped.
-
Some council members are proposing that city officials remove one of the bike lanes on Truman Road. They say the current design is unsafe and hurts business owners.
-
In neighborhoods like Power & Light and the Crossroads, where stunt driving and car sideshows have become a nuisance, city crews are installing small black discs that are meant to disrupt the movement of sliding or skidding tires.
-
Reid, son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of drunk driving. The family of Ariel Young, who suffered a severe brain injury in the crash, said they were "outraged" Reid was not given the maximum sentence of seven years.
-
What is believed to have started as a mulch fire spread to both sides of Interstate 470.
-
As the Kansas City Council adopts policies to make walking safer, officials will need to craft one unified vision on what equitable walkability will look like in the future.
-
Kansas City's streets are often confusing and dangerous for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Although the city has several efforts underway to make its roads safer, there seem to be too many "cursed" intersections to fix all at once.