KC...probably my favorite city on the Great Plains for driving purposes with its vast diversity of modern and antiquated freeways with some hills thrown in for fun factor. By the way, kudos for the time-lapsed speed notes inserted throughout the video. Unfortunately, some folks will *still* think you're driving at 250 MPH even after inserting such notes, LOL.
I like the little video speed notation. I'd say, keep it :-) Also, nice to see some older footage again. That double-decker in St. Joseph is quite interesting.
Thank you and I plan on keeping the speed graphic (it's already in the next video), yes that double-deck freeway in St. J's is very interesting, which I had more time explore around and under it.
Thank's Buddy, yeah that's what I call "Admin Work" and it's not really fun, lol but it's part of what makes the production whole. Thanks on the speed pop-ups.
I really like the addition of the video speed to the video - I was always curious how fast you sped up the footage, now i know, lol! Long time viewer - always enjoy your videos and look forward to when new ones are released. Keep up the great work!
This video was a blast, and I can tell you really put extra effort into the editing process, like I love how you included by how much you sped up the footage. Kansas City’s freeways look so relaxing to drive on, I hope I can get there someday
Thank you on both counts, I almost used Last Train Home for the 3rd song but needed the energy that "Slip Away" offered but "Last Train" is an amazing song that I'd like to use someday with the right kind of footage.
I took a similar path across the US back in 2013 myself and had almost identical weather conditions to what can be seen here - it takes me back to that trip! I like the video speed animation. It's subtle enough to not distract too much from the content after reading it.
Jim, I used to have a little toy I borrowed from my kids that sat on the dash. It had buttons on it that made various sounds like missal launch, machine gun, explosions, etc.. When another road warrior did something ignorant, they vanished in laser beam. I hope to find another one. The severity of my response was an indication of my stress level. Good Old Dayzzz Thanks for the shotgun jump-seat.
Nice ride- and I have to admit I loved seeing I-76 in Colorado a bit because it has always had my interest because I have been on 76 from outside Philadelphia, PA to it's terminus in Lodi, OH on the eastern part and so I have always found the western part of 76 interesting! Great ride, great video and yeah- I love the double-deck freeway in St. Joseph, very cool! Great ride and I do like the speed feature for the speed you are using on the video- very nice add... Great ride! Thank you for making me smile with your videos through all this! It is greatly appreciated!
I grew up here and find the open highways and abundant trees very relaxing. Living on the eastern edge of Kansas City, Kansas, I had a view of downtown KCMO from my bedroom window. Outside of a few interchanges (Grandview Triangle), there are hardly any traffic jams so. you'll get to where you need to get to on time.
Big fan from Topeka, Kansas originally. Love the Kansas City-area videos! I realize when you're out and about, you're on a tight schedule. If you have someone riding shotgun, use a separate camera (phone?) to show some of the sights/landmarks not in the windshield. Thanks for the effort, and the KC videos (and anything else along I-70 from Indy westward) kinda make me homesick .
I like the video speed that you added. First time I showed my dad one of your videos, he thought you were really speeding through New Orleans and I had to tell him that you sped up your videos, not going super fast! :D
Finally got to watch this Friday night, enjoyed the KC redux and Pat Methemy tunes fit the ride very well in a relaxing way. The video speed annotations was a nice touch too. I might just have to do a redux of my own during this time of social distancing.
Thank you for putting out more KC content! It was a great video. Next time your there you should definitely look into filming I-435 west into Overland Park KS, as it shows a much more updated side of the metro’s freeways.
Greetings from the UK again. Some interesting observations from the video: First, keep the video speed, its an interesting point. Also I loved the double deck section of I-229 in St Joseph and the small piece of US 71 with the lights was an unusual section. It reminded me of the southernmost part of the Garden State Parkway in Cape May County, NJ which had some at grade intersections before they got upgraded a few years ago. Finally the Pat Metheny track "Slip Away" was sampled by Nick Holder for "Summer Daze" which you used on a video in the past but I think it might have been taken down probably due to the music. Once again, great work, stay safe and I look forward to more.
Thank you very much, "Summer Daze" is still up in video #15-38 in Utah, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vSoHbxgtRwU.html Glad you liked the speed graphic, I hope you are staying safe as well.
Freewayjim thanks for the reply. That’s good because it’s a good chill out track that could work for most of your videos except the ones in heavy traffic or downtown slow traffic where something a little slower is required.
Also, if they ever ditch those stoplights on 71, you could soon have Interstate directly going from Louisiana to the Canadian border via I49 & I29. Could be a good time to steal I45 from Texas and rename the 29/49 stretch.
But then what would you call I-45 in Texas? Sure I'd like to see I-49 extended past the stoplights to tie into I-29, but if you use one number it'll be out of place either north or south of KC because it crosses I-35 there.
Great Video! I liked how you talked about the history of US 71 and why it’s not an interstate because every time I go to Kansas City, I enter through that highway and wonder why there are just a few random traffic lights on the highway. It would be cool that the traffic lights would be removed one day (probably never gonna happen) and I-49 can be extended northward and beyond the I-435 and I-470 interchange. By the way, I love the new little feature that tells us the speed of the video.
I honestly believe it will happen. The area is an absolute nightmare during rush hour. The only way to get the lights removed is to put it on as ballot and have the people vote on it. If it is put on a ballot I believe it would be passed by a landslide.
In the beginning of the video the where I-49, I-435, I-470 all intersect is called the Grandview Triangle by locals, or the 3 Trails Crossing officially. They rebuilt the whole thing from about 2000 to 2008 if my memory hasn't failed me. It was shaped more like a triangle before I-470 was built and is actually north of Grandview a few miles.
I rechecked Google Maps and I saw the I-76/I-80 interchange in Nebraska is getting a conversion and reconstruction. It usually was a trumpet interchange before and later in the future, there's a twist. The only example I saw will be that vehicles from westbound I-80 exiting towards I-76 will exit from the right instead of the left.
I-76 also goes through Ohio and Pennsylvania. Reminds me of I-84, which goes through a few western states as well as a few states in the east. P.S. I liked the video speed feature!
6:09 They have some of these Signs in here in the State of Minn. Where there is no Exit Only Banner on Signs. I think because the Exit Only Lane is too short, so they just Have the Down-Pointed Arrow without the Exit Only Banner.
KC resident here. Those stoplights on 71 have always irritated me. I understand the desire to not want a freeway carving a path through your neighborhood, but sometimes (like in this case) the compromise is far worse than the alternative. The highway still acts as a barrier, regardless of the stoplights along the way. Plus, it's dangerous as you noted.
Thank you for watching. The way it looked driving through, what's the difference in putting a few attractive overpasses and exit ramps where the lights are? what exactly is the neighborhood trying to preserve, it's already nicely landscaped? I would think safety would win out here.
Freewayjim - And there are no successful businesses along the route that would suffer as a result of the flyover. Maybe our new mayor will figure it out.
@@wildwoodandonyx Not only no, but HELL NO. The southern part of that stretch is so hood like it can be called our Compton. I've seen so many innocent bystanders gunned down with a couple miles of that, mostly to the east. If you're ever there, don't stop!
You crossed into Kansas on I-70 over the WB side of the Lewis & Clark Viaduct. The next time you went to KC, wasn't that side closed for reconstruction? Oddly enough, that was the newer 1962 side; the EB side in Kansas is what remains of the original 1907 Intercity Viaduct (MoDOT rebuilt its half some years ago), but according to KDOT it was in better shape than the 1962 structure.
I like the video speed notation, gives a bit of context to what's going by I think! I know you find the plains boring, Jim, but I love watching thunderstorms roll across the plains personally!
When the WH finally goes through with their promise of infrastructure, I hope the several DOTs start to care more for the overpass aesthetic than what is now for most of them. If I get stuck in a congestion, I want something pretty to look at, don't you agree? Speaking of which, what's the average congestion level like for KC?
Nice video! Last time I was in KC was 11/09 and St Joe 5/09. Best thing in St Joe was Glore Psychiatric Museum. Busiest place was soup kitchen. As for video speed, I have no opinion, but for those that like it, keep it. Make sure to include it when you stop video during music stoppage LOL. How about redoing very first one you did? Have a great day!
It must’ve been a terribly boring drive through I-80 in Nebraska, especially with that unbearable weather huh? At least you have Nebraska on your channel now so that’s good.
The KC metro likes to both underuse and misuse "Exit Only" so I feel the frustration to newcomers. The video speed graphic doesn't really do anything for me but I don't think it hurts the video.
Video speed doesnt hurt ... interesting note, so no harm to leave it up if others like it. Had to laugh at the real time request ... anyone who would want to see real time should be forced to watch real time driving of I-10 from El Paso to San Antonio. That Bataan death march drive would cure that request! 😄
That stretch of US 71 is horrible during rush hour. The local people who fought so hard to keep a freeway out just made it more of a nightmare and they hate it. I do believe it can be converted to a full interestate bringing I-49 all the way to the downtown loop, it will just require being put on a ballot and voted on by the people. If you look closely in the area with the traffic signals, there is an abundance of median between the lanes. It's been said that modot did that intentionally to easily convert that to freeway and have the current travel lanes converted to ramps or even one way frontage roads similar to what's all over Texas.
My gear is listed in the closing credits at 16:12, I use Apple's Final Cut Pro X. That's a pretty basic function, I would think most halfway decent video editors would have that feature.
Freewayjim lol I been trying to find one for Windows Movie Maker and nothing unless I don’t look hard enough! Excellent videos me and my wife watched several of them including to Phoenix as we are planning to move back soon.
It's asinine that the city won't allow those lights to go away. The overpasses are safer for pedestrians to cross anyway. Also, the zip code to the right (east) of those lights is known as the murder capital of Missouri.
They had signal cameras for a while at those intersections, but the higher court made them disable them. The cameras and signs remain. Putting a flyover there is just a matter of time. Fortunately, I live east of KC, so I don’t have to drive thru there very often. But yes, the murder/crime rate is bad in that part of the city...
Yikes, I hear that the state of Utah is currently asking for a covid 19 declaration from everyone entering the state. Big Brother really wants to know, I guess. I like the video speed graphic. I'm usually guessing what it might be, and surprisingly, I'm always pretty darn close. 😀 My Son & I are planning a possible day trip down to KC as soon as the weather gets a little better. We really won't have to worry about interacting with anyone. Scary thought, huh?
Thank you! KC is a great idea for a day trip, I hope you guys get to do it and yeah you won't have to interact beyond ordering food at a drive-through I'll bet.
I don't really know, it looks like a church but when I located it on Google Maps it seems to house some social services organizations, it's at the Linwood Boulevard exit on US-71 if you want to look closer. www.google.com/maps/place/Front+Porch+Alliance/@39.0645938,-94.5596791,427a,35y,338.84h,44.88t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x87c0f75eafe99997:0x558525e66aaa51a2!2sKansas+City,+MO!3b1!8m2!3d39.0997265!4d-94.5785667!3m4!1s0x87c0faaa8becac1b:0x99c4e0bb477bb157!8m2!3d39.0677287!4d-94.561313
I watched 13-04, but I didn't see an explanation as to why St. Joseph ended up with a double-decker freeway. Did it have something to do with the fairgrounds next door? Also, some of the comments on 13-04 said MoDOT was considering tearing it down in favor of a conventional freeway. Did that ever happen?
Out of all your videos I've watched, KC seems to have some of the worst freeways. Cause of the stoplights on parts of it and having no exit only signs in some spots. Seems kinda dangerous!
There is not a single soundtrack I could use that would please everyone, it's just your cup of tea, which is fine, but that does not mean the soundtrack is bad or doesn't work well, because it does.
