Urban Lab KC

09/25/2026

Summer may be leaving us for 2026, but urban trees will always be crucial infrastructure.

09/14/2026

Neighborhood third spaces are underrated. Perhaps we should be building more.

04/21/2025

Don’t forget to pick up your tickets for our KC Design Week segment “From the River”!

https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/center-for-architecture-design-kc/kc-design-week-2025-72046694

04/15/2025

We had a great time meeting with Chris and Louis on their trip to KC! Check out the interview to learn some more about UrbanLab, and the process behind the projects!

We had a chance to sit down with Urban Lab KC- an urbanist group focused on improving the urban landscape throughout Kansas City. They focus on creating grap...

12/08/2024

Currently, the south portion Ward Parkway does not benefit most road users. Traffic is reduced to one-way at a random segment and lanes are not always clearly defined. There is limited pedestrian space and crossing can be uncomfortable and even dangerous. Micromobility options additionally have no comfortable space to exist.

Strategies shown here would help address these issues for all road users. Vehicular lanes would be clearly defined with 2-way traffic established at all points. Pedestrian surface would be increased with shorter crossing distances. Micromobility options would be available to be used comfortably across the corridor which would link streetcar connections, the Trolley Track Trail, central Plaza, Loose Park (via Wornall Road, see future post), and even a potential future expansion of the Brush Creek Trail westward.

10/24/2024

The Kansas Department of Transportation is conducting a comprehensive bus study survey.

07/07/2024

The highly anticipated Kansas City Streetcar extension, stretching from downtown to the Country Club Plaza, is now 90% complete, streetcar officials announced Friday.

05/17/2024

The question is rhetorical but the answer is yes.

04/18/2024

03/19/2024

Excited to share that our graphics visualizing Kansas City parking requirements were shown at the SXSW 2024: Bigger Isn’t Better panel this year.

If you’d like to take a listen to the full discussion featuring the Parking Reform Network's Tony Jordan, EasyPark's CEO Cameron Clayton, Selika Josiah Talbott CEO of Autonomous Vehicle Consulting the link is provided below. Thank you Dante Ramos from The Atlantic for hosting!

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP141527