Transportation

Shawnee has passed new rules for children and younger teens who ride motorized devices like scooters and unicycles. On Tuesday, the Shawnee City Council unanimously approved amendments to the municipal code by adding rules for motorized scooters and unicycles to...

A presentation given by the Kansas Department of Transportation to the Olathe City Council last week had one member asking, “How much can we pay you to not do this?” KDOT officials were giving the city council a status update...

After two unsuccessful attempts to offer electronic scooters and bikes in the city, Overland Park could launch a new e-bike share program that officials hope will have more permanence. The prospective partnership with regional nonprofit BikeWalk KC, if approved, would...

By Savannah Hawley-Bates A majority of people in Jackson and Clay counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, support regional sales taxes to help fund public transit. That’s according to the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance, the group...

Shawnee's governing body is looking into new safety regulations for motorized scooters in the city. On Sept. 22, the Shawnee Council Committee updating the city's Municipal Code to include regulations for motorized scooters within the city limits, including new helmet...

Dozens of Gardner residents showed up last week to a Kansas Department of Transportation open house about the long-anticipated $26 million Gardner Road bridge replacement, which started earlier this month. The decades-old bridge crosses Interstate 35 and is rife with...

Another Johnson County city is cracking down on e-bikes by adding new rules for younger users. In the city of Fairway, e-bike users must now be at least 15 years old, or under the direct supervision of an adult. The...

The Kansas Department of Transportation unveiled preliminary designs for an interchange in Lenexa that's part of a larger plan to expand Kansas Highway 10. On Tuesday at a Lenexa City Council Committee of the Whole meeting, representatives from KDOT and...

A decades-old bridge in Gardner in southern Johnson County will finally be replaced after years of deterioration. Work on the $26 million project to replace the Gardner Road bridge over Intestate 35 starts Monday, according to a city Facebook post...

Between 80 and 90 trains run through Olathe daily, halting traffic for four minutes on average, sometimes more — an issue the city is hoping to resolve. Olathe’s at-grade crossings on the city's west side have been under watch for...

After more than a year of work, Midland Drive at Interstate 435 in Shawnee has reopened, following the completion of a highway bridge reconstruction project. On Monday, the city of Shawnee announced the reopening of both Midland Drive and I-435...

E-bikes and e-scooters are no longer allowed at some of Prairie Village’s most prominent shopping centers. Last week, signs banning e-bikes and e-scooters popped up at the Shops of Prairie Village, Corinth Square and Corinth Quarter. First Washington Realty, the property...