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What is one transportation improvement you would like Lawrence to make?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on January 3, 2013
“ Sometimes I get confused where the lanes are because the paint is faded. So maybe brighter paint.”
“ Well I take the bus. So anything they can to improve the bus system would be phenomenal. Not that it’s bad.”
“ Bike lanes would be good. They seem to be sort of not connected and disjointed.”
“ Maybe more turning lanes.”
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Comments
labmonkey 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A city grid pattern west of Iowa would be nice.
buckjennings 4 months, 2 weeks ago
What? You don't like the idiotic spaghetti bowl street layout foisted upon us by developers going back to the 50s? Seriously, though, the grid is by far the most efficient way to lay out a city and it doesn't put an undue burden on arterial roads as the cul-de-sac spaghetti bowl nightmares prevalent on the west side of town.
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 3 weeks ago
We need something like the Bay Area Rapid Transit(BART) that would go underneath the Kansas River. Except it should only go north and end at a brick wall underneath Johnnies.
LogicMan 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Brighter paint? Heck, just paint would be a huge improvement. Something's fishy in that department, methinks.
RoeDapple 4 months, 2 weeks ago
"and more horses" - autie
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-trends/why-you-should-eat-horsemeat-its-delicious/article567009/?page=all
"Herewith, three facts about horses: 1) They're cute. 2) They're edible. 3) You probably haven't eaten any lately because of fact No. 1."
CWGOKU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Rickshaws. With cup holders and lowrider neon.
labmonkey 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Except we can forget to tell the people in the Merc...
Enlightenment 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Just one transportation improvement? I have several. First Frankie is right and lines and curbs should be regularly painted. Second, enforcement needs to be stepped up and help educate drivers when they fail to follow the laws. Third, implement some sort of public education and driving refresher courses (i.e. how to use a roundabout and when to use signals regarding a roundabout). The majority of issues I see in this town is that drivers fail to use turn signals, drive slow in the left lanes on hwys, do not fully enter the center turn lanes and block the flow of traffic, and worst of all too many drivers turning onto multi-lane streets cut across several lanes instead of turning into the closest lane and then making a safe lane change.
consumer1 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Especially to the bike riders who continually break the law Right???
buckjennings 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I've come to the conclusion that the people who gripe the loudest about cyclists are usually those who aren't physically capable of the joys of bicycling and are, therefore, bitter about it.
buckjennings 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Yeah! Them people who chose to live on the west side of town while working in Kansas City need that road! By God, they spend 5 extra minutes each day in traffic without it! It's a travesty!
radiohawk 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Get rid of the roundabouts.
pea 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Teach people how to navigate a roundabout. Your left-hand blinker has no business in a roundabout. Right signal before the exit you intend to take. It's quite easy.
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Which one is dumber, a horse or a chicken? Hey Roe, you been hanging out at the Kaw lately? I bet our old friend is still waiting for you and Hollis Brown.
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tired ones, too.
Bob Dylan - All the Tired Horses by jwstrauc
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I shall grow a handlebar moustache, nonetheless.
none2 4 months, 2 weeks ago
You can see one of those in the background. That being said, wouldn't it be better just to have humans pulling them without bikes? Has anybody ever seen a fat rickshaw driver?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Calcutta_rickshaw.jpg/689px-Calcutta_rickshaw.jpg
JayCat_67 4 months, 2 weeks ago
They have those on the Seattle waterfront. They're pretty cool.
CWGOKU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I want that thing George Jetson had. Not Jane, the flying car that folded up to a brief case
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lawrence who?
RoeDapple 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I love the smell of napalm in the morning . . .
Apocalypse Now - smell of napalm by Jasoras
Liberty275 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Greatest movie ever!
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
"Mr. Zog's Sex Wax works great on one of those."
I used to use that stuuf to wax my board. Now I just wax my dolphin. Artie, why wasn't I invited? It better not have been a Compound Gang reunion. I'll be terribly hurt.
Eddie_Haskell 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Save the Whales, harpoon a..........oh, nevermind.
bevy 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Where is Merrill with his post about walking trails and such? I was expecting him to be first. OK how to improve things in Lawrence....oh heck there are too many to list here. But I think the lanes need to be painted, for sure.
buckjennings 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Naturally the person who thinks we need even more street widening is someone from First Management.
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