Kansas City Streetcar Authority

A potential extension of the streetcar on West 39th Street to KU Med and Hospital (background) would be more technically challenging that any of the current extensions being considered by the KC Streetcar Authority.

KC Streetcar Looks West to KU Med in Proposed New Study

By Kevin Collison | October 1, 2021

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority is considering a one-mile streetcar extension that would take passengers west on 39th Street from the new Main Street line and across the state line border to the KU Med Center.

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The Kansas City streetcar, then and now. (Image,leftt, from KSHB | Image, right, Ieshia Downton | Flatland)

curiousKC | Tracking Down KC’s Old Streetcars

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | August 16, 2021

What became of Kansas City’s original streetcars? This curiousKC quest left us with questions.

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Streetcars on Main Street

FTA Approves $174 Million for Streetcar Extension to UMKC

By Kevin Collison | December 9, 2020

Kansas City is on the cusp of receiving full federal funding to extend the streetcar along Main Street from downtown to the University of Missouri-Kansas, a $174 million Christmas present from Washington.

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