OK, what’s up with the stoplight changes in Brookside??  Surely you’ve noticed–at several intersections where there was a working stoplight (Main and Meyer, Main and Gregory, Meyer and Oak),  there are newly posted stop signs.  I spoke with Wei Sun at the Kansas City MO Public Works department to find out what’s going on.

New stop sign at Main and Meyer, Brookside

Mr Sun noted  these are permanent changes to the intersections.
Apparently these intersections do not meet the Dept of Transportation traffic safety guidelines to warrant a stop light  (see more here:  www.mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov — expect to spend some time translating this mumbo jumbo of government speak!).   Based on traffic patterns, the fed says  KCMO should have stop signs in these areas instead of stop lights. Continue reading →