Background:

The Planning Sustainable Places (PSP) program continues the work of the Creating Sustainable Places initiative and the region’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Transportation Outlook 2040, to promote concepts consistent with sustainable communities and advance site-specific and project-specific activities within the centers-and-corridors planning framework.  

Project Description: 

In 2019, PSP granted funding to the City of Kansas City, Missouri 63rd Street Corridor. This project aims to improve mobility and transportation options along the 63rd Street Corridor and will identify mobility and connectivity solutions at three activity centers located at the intersections of Wornall/Main (Brookside Shops), Oak, and Troost/Rockhill.  The project will evaluate transportation conditions, develop recommendations for improvements at key activity centers, create guidelines for future improvements connecting the centers, and create a toolbox of streetscape elements for use along the corridor.  

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and City of Kansas City, Missouri have hired planning and landscape architecture firm SWT Design to lead the planning effort.  A robust and inclusive engagement strategy is underway, and we will need your help!  Please return to this website for updates on dates for community open houses and opportunities to share your thoughts.

View the 63rd Street Corridor Study Area Map. 

View presentation materials from the Community Open House on December 11, 2019 

Project Goals:

• Implementation-ready
• Unifies surrounding projects and plans with clear vision
• Collaborate with the public and different departments at the City
• Respect and elevate the corridor’s eclectic character
• Enhance pedestrian experience and safety
• Balance needs for pedestrians with needs for through-put cars and parking
• Improve functionality during special events and school traffic
• Integrate green infrastructure

Public Engagement: 

Project partners hosted a community open house to review recommendations and gather feedback from the community on December 11, 2019. Over 88 community members attended the open house!

View presentation materials from the Community Open House on December 11, 2019

 Project Contacts:

Scott Runde, Design Consultant 

SWT Design 

Phone: (314) 644-5700

Mario Vasquez, Project Manager

Public Works Department– Kansas City, Mo. 

Phone: (816) 513-6984