Public Works
Blue River Cleanup Targets Trash, Invasive Species
A restoration project is underway along the Blue River watershed, a collaborative effort by four nonprofit partners: The Heartland Conservation Alliance, Bridging The Gap, Deep Roots, and Mid-America Regional Council. The groups signed the contracts officially in May. “The day that we got our signed contract sent to us from the city kind of felt…
New Technology to Make KCI Zippier for Travelers
The new Kansas City International Airport terminal is bristling with cutting-edge technology designed to ease the movement of people, planes, cars and buses.
North Kansas City Streetcar Extension Sidetracked by Financial Concerns
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.
From Streetlights to Potholes: A New, Tech-Savvy KC Emerges
Kansas City is leaning into technology to address some of its most vexing problems.
Hitching a Ride Through History: The Evolution of Kansas City Public Transportation
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.