Around 50 area residents attended the community input session for the Meyer Boulevard Traffic Calming Study held November 19th at the HJ Community Center in Brookside. Bailey Waters, Chief Mobility Officer at KCMO, presented preliminary plans for the project that is expected to begin in four to six years. The study area along Meyer Blvd (stretching from Ward Parkway to Swope Parkway) is part of Kansas City’s Zero Vision program that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. There are currently 300 projects completed or underway within the program including 63rd Street, Gregory Boulevard, and James A. Reed Road.
The plan’s objectives for Meyer Boulevard are to:
- Reduce fatalities thru speed management
- Add safer crossings at the east segment of Meyer Blvd.
- Connect the proposed bike/pedestrian path to the Trolley Trail.
- Improve the accessibility of E. Meyer Blvd for different modes of transportation.
To provide your feedback, visit https://www.cognitoforms.com/KansasCity2/MeyerBlvdUsageAndSafetySurvey.
The form closes at 5 pm on November 29.
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They need to put the traffic light at Meyer and Main back. They took it away and it is a constant area for accidents and people blasting right through 4-way stops. In the first 6 months after the removal of our traffic light, both my husband and I had our vehicles totaled after being t-boned by motorists who failed to stop at the 4-way stop.