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North Loop Neighbors

@northloopneighbors.com

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Dedicated to removing the North Loop Highway and replacing it with more of downtown Kansas City. www.northloopneighbors.com

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 02/03/2026

North Loop mentioned!

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 02/03/2026

North Loop traffic has been on a long downward trend, despite all the new infill development downtown. Thanks for highlighting this huge opportunity, @nerd4cities.bsky.social !

Graph showing pre-Covid highway trend on the north I-70 loop in Kansas City

Past/present/future vision plan of the area around the north loop

Past and current photos and future rendering of the divide between downtown and the River Market

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

If Rochester can do it, your city can too.

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 17/03/2025

Objectively, what you can do with the space taken up by freeways, like in Kansas City, is really wild.

Aerial/Satellite View (Top Image)
An overhead satellite image of downtown Kansas City near the Missouri River. Several major highways (I-70, I-35, and I-29) form large interchanges and loops around a dense grid of city blocks. The Buck O’Neil Bridge crosses the river on the left side of the image, and the urban core stretches south, marked by multiple high-rise buildings and street networks.

Conceptual/Planning Map (Bottom Image)
A simplified planning diagram of the same downtown Kansas City area, showing labeled neighborhoods such as River Market, Columbus Park, East Village, the Garment District, and Quality Hill. Proposed or existing streetcar routes are highlighted, including a riverfront extension and a route to the Plaza. Green spaces and corridors are indicated throughout, with numbered markers (e.g., Buck O’Neil Bridge Skatepark, 9th St. Square, Columbus Park Community Hub) corresponding to specific planned developments or amenities.

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 17/03/2025

New group takes up torch, pushing to remove highway loop north of downtown Kansas City. Thanks for the article, @kansascity.com ! www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

kansascity.com

New group takes up the torch, pushing to remove highway loop north of downtown Kansas City

Though it would be years away, removing the North Loop could reconnect downtown neighborhoods and open up acres of land for development, organizers say.

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 12/01/2025

When the Beyond the Loop study was underway in 2017-18, KCK officials opposed the plan. Today those officials are gone, and new leadership is interested in reimagining I-70.

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 12/01/2025

GoDotte: www.wycokck.org/files/assets...

wycokck.org

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 12/01/2025

KCK's mobility plan actually talks about the future of the North Loop and how they might reimagine or repurpose their portion of I-70 in response to North Loop removal.

Text from the GoDotte mobility plan: I-70 north of I-670: Across the river in KCMO, the Imagine
Downtown KC 2030 Strategic Plan envisions a reimagined
North Loop (I-70 in KCMO), proposing removal of the freeway and
transforming the facility into an at-grade urban boulevard. Should this
project advance, the UG should consider examining the utility of the
remaining I-70 section north of I-670 and west of the KCMO North
Loop in order to reconnect Downtown KCK to its reimagined urban
waterfront along the Kansas River.

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Dion @2024dion.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

How strong is the consensus that the north loop should be filled in? It's one of the most seemingly superfluous freeway links I've ever encountered

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 11/01/2025

Superfluous indeed! Traffic volume maps say it all.

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Tristin Amezcua-Hogan @tah.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

If you live in Kansas City or you care about creating healthy neighborhoods and urban environments, you NEED to follow @northloopneighbors.com!

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Matt Staub @staubio.com · 11/01/2025

This is the revolutionary opportunity of our generation for downtown, and membership in this program reaffirms the effort. Let's go.

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Dan Bloemker @danbloemker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

When I say we destroyed American cities for the car I am in no way exaggerating. Literally whole neighborhoods were leveled.

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 11/01/2025

This technical assistance will help us identify the next steps where the Beyond the Loop study left off

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North Loop Neighbors @northloopneighbors.com · 11/01/2025

Great news! The North Loop Neighbors project and the KCMO Downtown Neighborhood Association have been accepted into the Reconnecting Communities Institute -- a technical assistance program by @usdot.bsky.social

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