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The Kansas City region is expected to get between 2-3 inches of snow Thursday night. And after the blizzard already cancelled classes for several days, Kansas City Public Schools already called a weather emergency day Friday, with no classes in person or online.

When a blizzard blanketed snow across the metro, Kansas City Hall and the Missouri Department of Transportation worked around the clock to salt and plow icy roads — with varying success. They may have to do it again soon.

Dozens of people were injured in car crashes in Missouri and Kansas during the massive snowstorm. One Jackson County public works employee, Everett Carter, was killed during snow removal operations in Blue Summit.

Kansas City set a goal to end all traffic fatalities by 2030. The Vision Zero program has worked block by block to make roads throughout the city safer, but officials say it needs more money to reach its goals.

Many of Kansas City's four-lane roads are too fast and too empty. The city plans to slim down many of its most dangerous stretches, like Troost Avenue, 39th Street and Independence Avenue, to curb vehicle and pedestrian accidents.

Kansas City residents can ask the city to install street modifications to help with dangerous intersections or speeding cars. Traffic engineers have wide discretion to approve or reject requests, but City Council has the final say.

Most of Kansas City’s four-lane roads are too fast and too empty. The Kansas City Council decided to slim down a batch of 28 roads the next time they’re repaved to make them safer.

Fall is mating season for deer, which often causes them to cross busy streets and stand in roads. "One wreck can alter numerous lives, especially if you're not prepared, or not ready, or if you're just flat not paying attention," notes one county sheriff.

A $10 million federal grant will fund sidewalk and bus stop improvements, curb extensions, lighting and other safety improvements to a 1.86 mile stretch of Prospect Avenue, between Linwood and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevards

Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard is one of Kansas City’s top 10 most dangerous streets. A project to change the road aims to reduce crashes, make pedestrians safer, and connect two of the city’s longest bike trails. It’s just now getting started after more than a year of delays.

Kansas City is one of the deadliest major cities for pedestrians. And a quarter of the traffic deaths over the last few years happened on just a few streets, which have become wider and faster than necessary over the decades. How did Kansas City get this way, and how is the city now working to make its streets less dangerous?

Four-lane roads in Kansas City are a relic of urban sprawl in the 20th century. But these days they’re emptier than ever, which traffic experts say encourages dangerous driving. Now, City Hall is putting these deadly avenues on "road diets."