Citywide Vision Zero

For fiscal year 2022, Kansas City’s inaugural Citywide Vision Zero program covered seven key intersections that had excess expected pedestrian crash frequency. This design-build project focused on installation of pedestrian improvements including signal upgrades, sidewalk ramp reconfiguration, traffic calming, and curb bump outs. These pedestrian-level enhancements were focused on mitigating observed pedestrian-vehicle conflicts and addressing egress movement between transit riders and nearby intersection crossings. The improvements were coordinated with KCATA, Parks & Recreation, MoDOT, and adjacent property owners at each intersection corner.

Working within the project budget, MegaKC (Contractor) and CFS Engineers (Consultant) combined resources to bring out the greatest potential for each of the locations. Site observations helped orient the applicability of an initial brainstorm of treatments for enhancing transit stops, addressing the need for perpendicular aligned crossings, and replacement of walking surfaces. Using ADA compliant ramps, pedestrians with blindness and low vision are able to discern the direction of each crossing and the crossing markings were re-striped to provide higher-visibility for all users. Constraints of the project included working within applicable design standards adopted by the City, removing/restoring hardscaped surfaces to match the surrounding aesthetics, maintaining traffic flow, and traffic signal push button upgrades.