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Mayor Q @mayorq.bsky.social · Aug 4

Councilman Bunch has long been an expert and advocate for transit and mobility access for all Kansas Citians. He will serve us well. Three Kansas Citians serve on the KCATA board, which comprises 10 total individuals from metro counties in Missouri and Kansas.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Aug 4

Honored to get this appointment and very excited to get to work. As a local legislator and a regular public transit rider, I will bring a unique perspective to the KCATA board of commissioners.

Mayor Q @mayorq.bsky.social · Aug 4

Reliable and efficient transit is a vital service for our community. I have appointed Councilman Eric Bunch to the seat representing the 320,00 Kansas Citians south of the river on the KCATA Board of Commissioners to ensure a sustainable system with strong service delivery for all.

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · Jul 27

How highways decimated Kansas City’s West Side over decades of development
www.kansascity.com/news/your-kc...

How highways decimated Kansas City’s West Side over decades of development

The city is now attempting to knit the once-thriving community back together.

www.kansascity.com

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 18

It wouldn’t be social media if I didn’t brag about my kids occasionally. Here is one of our 8 year olds crushing this really steep overhang where she can’t even reach the footholds because she’s too short. Didn’t get the send this time but figured out the beta.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

Really proud to serve on this council with such thoughtful folks.

KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · Jan 16

Formerly incarcerated people are now a protected class in Kansas City.

Kansas City Council passed an ordinance today outlawing discrimination against people with criminal backgrounds in employment, housing, and business.

Kansas City makes it illegal to discriminate against people for having criminal records

Kansas City Council passed an ordinance adding formerly incarcerated people to the city's list of protected classes. The move means that people can't be denied employment, housing, or business for hav...

www.kcur.org

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

Oh 💯 My primary transportation mode is our public e-bike share fleet! The unexpected benefit for me (vs commuting on my acoustic bikes for the precious 15 years) was the ability to zip around in the heat of the summer while wearing a suit. Truly a game changer for so many folks.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

As a resident of a very hilly city (nobody roll your eyes, Kansas City has legit hills) I would not resist the idea of some escalators or one of those things you can put your foot on to roll you and your bike uphill.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

I can’t get around much at all right now because I sprained an ankle bouldering. So I feel this in my bones, literally.

Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

Yeah maintenance issues and not really an ADA accommodation because they aren’t that accessible. The building in the picture would require an elevator and/or accessible ramps which are far more inclusive. But still, my original reply was punching down and inadvertently ableist. Thanks for the nudge.

Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 16

Of course! And my apologies for coming off as ableist. Escalators can certainly improve accessibility in addition to elevators and ramps.

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Sara Copeland @skcopeland.bsky.social · Jan 16

KC friends, is there any kind of YIMBY group or other organizing force working to increase housing here? Or is it all decentralized neighborhoods groups and individuals?

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · Jan 15

Elon Musk is what happens when you create a society that believes technology can achieve anything and collective action can achieve nothing

Sam @samd.bsky.social · Jan 15

kinda funny that all it took to defeat traffic in the most crowded city in the country was only a simple $9 congestion relief zone

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · Jan 15

kinda funny that all it took to defeat traffic in the most crowded city in the country was only a simple $9 congestion relief zone

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 15

A Tesla thinking a train is maybe just a line of cars is the most Tesla thing I can think of.

michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · Jan 15

this is so good. this is so so so good. i'm running around my office screaming the lev manovich quote about how software is ideology

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jan 15

lol, a clip of a Tesla's vision system trying to understand a train

labyrinth.zone/notice/Aq5V7...

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Haha I realized after I replied that you likely weren’t referring to that specific street example. Sorry for the confusion!

Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

And I think the most salient point to be gleaned is Democrats lose elections, not on the left-right fault lines, rather we lack convictions in our positions and voters lose confidence in us.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jan 14

AOC remains one of a handful of elected democrats who understand how politics operates

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Jan 14

AOC on the Dem strategy against the trans sports bill today, where they argued it would protect "predators," and ended up losing just 2 Trump-district Dems on it:

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Same!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Nov 27

"Oh, but this just shows the nerdy, detail-obsessed nature of Japanese people," you say. Perhaps. But these publications can't exist without a distribution system (i.e., newsstands). And those newsstands can't exist without *dense walkable neighborhoods.*

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yeah I’ve thought of that but that specific street is like 28’ wide curb to curb so probably not practical in the example shown in that picture but I’m all for snow road diets on our 4 lane streets! I’ll add that to the list of ideas!

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

“Sir, this is an Arby’s.”

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yeah some of these piles blocking sidewalks are 10’ tall. They will be there until spring if left on their own.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Legally, adjacent property owner is required to clear the sidewalk and corner ADA ramps But the offending snow pile in this case was from plowing and is right at the curb, so unclear. I’m connecting with transit authority to find out what their general practice is at accessible bus stops.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

I’m sitting here in my warm office with my heart rate elevated watching/listening to this. I know this sound well! And I know how white my knuckles get riding in that! Hope you made it to your destination safely!

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Same for north of of plaza as well.

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Eric Bunch @ericbunch.bsky.social · Jan 14

Just had to help a mom carry her double stroller through this snowbank so we could go out into the street to catch the bus. Another person had to help her older kid climb over a 3’ tall pile to catch a school bus.

We have to do better.

Snow pile at the curb with a low spot in the snow where people are climbing through. A car is blocking the low spot and then more traffic beyond that.

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