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Posts Tagged ‘Public Transit’

Kansas City Ponders Impact of Free Bus Service

By | December 14, 2023 | 0
People at a bus stop at University Health.

A new study has been launched to ponder the impact of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s “zero fare” policy for bus riders.

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Kansas City Votes ‘Yes’ on Public Bus Funding by Renewing Sales Tax for Another Decade

By | November 8, 2023 | 0
Ride KC's River Market MAX rolls out of the transit station in Waldo on March 14, 2023.

Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved renewing a local sales tax to fund public transit for the next decade.

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East-West Streetcar Could Cost $600M, Need New Funding Source

By | February 10, 2023 | 0
KC Streetcar in the River Market.

Kansas City needs a new local funding source if it wants to pursue an east-west streetcar expansion that would cost up to $600 million.

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North Kansas City Streetcar Extension Sidetracked by Financial Concerns

By | January 6, 2023 | 0
The recommended route for a North Kansas City streetcar extension would run along Swift Street.

A proposal to extend the streetcar to North Kansas City has hit a hard fiscal reality — it’s far too expensive to build utilizing the local funding methods that have developed the system so far.

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Hitching a Ride Through History: The Evolution of Kansas City Public Transportation

By | June 22, 2022 | 0
KC Streetcar in the 1950s

Kansas City’s long and complex history of public transportation ends with a back-to-the-future plot twist — the return of the streetcar. We take a ride with the numbers.

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