Author Topic: Kansas City things (Read 999246 times)

DQ12 · « **Reply #10250 on:** June 19, 2018, 02:54:52 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on June 19, 2018, 02:10:57 PM

Just take someone else's opener, obviously there are no consequences

the complex gave me a new one. problem solved!

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10251 on:** June 19, 2018, 02:59:40 PM »

Gotta love a happy ending

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #10252 on:** June 19, 2018, 06:36:14 PM »

mocat · « **Reply #10253 on:** June 20, 2018, 06:55:13 AM »

https://twitter.com/staubio/status/1009098398383984640?s=19

https://twitter.com/kard/status/1009141233040715778?s=19

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10254 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:21:31 AM »

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10255 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:27:40 AM »

I wonder what the difference in daily use is. Joco gateway has to be over 6x more

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10256 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:30:04 AM »

Yeah and that lil choo choo train isn't getting that insane amount of ppl to work everyday. What a dumbass argument.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10257 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:33:30 AM »

So it looks like the gateway handles 200k-250k drivers a day, the streetcar gets like 2 million a year right?

I am definitely pro-streetcar but what a terrible argument lol

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10258 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:36:53 AM »

lol. ya.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10259 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:37:52 AM »

The comparison is a bit silly but it highlights that we spend and spend on unnecessary highway projects and nobody bats and eye but the streetcar had 2 votes and endless wailing about tax money.

Joco gateway was a pretty unnecessary project. An hour or 2 a day will a little bit busy, big deal. It will increase sprawl which increases infrastructure costs even more.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10260 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:38:33 AM »

It was definitely not unnecessary

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10261 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:41:04 AM »

lol. Unnecessary? Says the guy who doesn't commute to work daily. And i'm the one who's bitched about traffic, construction, etc. It's definitely not unnecessary when it's highly functioning.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10262 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:41:44 AM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on June 20, 2018, 08:38:33 AM

It was definitely not unnecessary

Lol okay. Cars were getting to and from the highways they wanted just fine. This city seems to think the only acceptable highway situation is one in which they can set their cruise no matter the time of day.

It's wasteful.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10263 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:42:59 AM »

like, one of those things covers 1.8 miles and is a shiny toy to look at and the other one, you know, gets people to wherever they eff they want to go in the metro.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10264 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:44:00 AM »

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about slyin phil

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10265 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:44:31 AM »

Quote from: WackyCat08 on June 20, 2018, 08:42:59 AM

like, one of those things covers 1.8 miles and is a shiny toy to look at and the other one, you know, gets people to wherever they eff they want to go in the metro.

It was already doing that.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10266 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:46:29 AM »

Now it will do it more efficiently. I think non-commuters should sit this one out.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10267 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:47:15 AM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on June 20, 2018, 08:44:00 AM

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about slyin phil

Sounds about right.

I don't care honestly....I was trying to explain what the tweet was going for (in a silly way).

Go rebuild your highways all you want.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10268 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:49:25 AM »

You spelled expanding wrong, but ya.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10269 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:49:42 AM »

Quote from: WackyCat08 on June 20, 2018, 08:46:29 AM

Now it will do it more efficiently. I think non-commuters should sit this one out.

That's fine....glad it works better for a couple hours a day. Was it worth ~$300M+ that nobody got to vote on?

Comparing it to the streetcar is silly....I agree. They serve two different purposes.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #10270 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:53:42 AM »

That was my only point. Mocat dropped it in here like "case closed" and walked away and I'm just like lol at that comparison. There's plenty of ways our tax dollars are being wasted out there, but i'm fine with making transportation easier around the metro. I loved working and living downtown, but most of the time i've worked off I-35 and/or the 435 loop.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10271 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:57:51 AM »

Quote from: Phil Titola on June 20, 2018, 08:47:15 AM

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on June 20, 2018, 08:44:00 AM
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about slyin phil
Sounds about right.

I don't care honestly....I was trying to explain what the tweet was going for (in a silly way).

Go rebuild your highways all you want.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #10272 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:59:07 AM »

Quote from: WackyCat08 on June 20, 2018, 08:53:42 AM

That was my only point. Mocat dropped it in here like "case closed" and walked away and I'm just like lol at that comparison. There's plenty of ways our tax dollars are being wasted out there, but i'm fine with making transportation easier around the metro. I loved working and living downtown, but most of the time i've off I-35 and/or the 435 loop.

That was the point of the tweet (I believe).... wacky cat, who represents a pretty average KC metro resident, had no problem with that project because it saves him/her a couple minutes during the heaviest rush hour....but the starter streetcar line had vote after vote and intense media and public debating over....even outside of the impacted taxpayer or user.

Building highways is very expensive. We should be cautious on just expanding lanes because one to two hours a day you have to go 30mph for 2 miles.

pissclams · « **Reply #10273 on:** June 20, 2018, 08:59:25 AM »

some things just speak for themselves and this idiot’s tweets do just that

star seed 7 · « **Reply #10274 on:** June 20, 2018, 09:02:56 AM »

Quote from: Phil Titola on June 20, 2018, 08:59:07 AM

Quote from: WackyCat08 on June 20, 2018, 08:53:42 AM
That was my only point. Mocat dropped it in here like "case closed" and walked away and I'm just like lol at that comparison. There's plenty of ways our tax dollars are being wasted out there, but i'm fine with making transportation easier around the metro. I loved working and living downtown, but most of the time i've off I-35 and/or the 435 loop.
That was the point of the tweet (I believe).... wacky cat, who represents a pretty average KC metro resident, had no problem with that project because it saves him/her a couple minutes during the heaviest rush hour....but the starter streetcar line had vote after vote and intense media and public debating over....even outside of the impacted taxpayer or user.

Building highways is very expensive. We should be cautious on just expanding lanes because one to two hours a day you have to go 30mph for 2 miles.

It's not just congestion, it's age and safety. K-10 is (probably) going to be the next major project, it's well over capacity and becoming quite a safety problem.