Navigating Kansas City’s dangerous roads: Takeaways from The Beacon’s traffic listening session

Navigating Kansas City’s dangerous roads: Takeaways from The Beacon’s traffic listening session

This summer, The Beacon published a four-part series that shed light on a major issue facing Kansas City: traffic deaths.  Kansas City local government reporter Josh Merchant looked into why our city’s streets rank among the most dangerous in the country. That reporting showed the risk comes partly from street designs that allow cars to move at high speeds that lead to more severe crashes.  Merchant broke down how reducing car crash deaths requi…