Comments on: Back to the future

By: Wayne Flaherty

Wayne Flaherty — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:11:29 +0000

I’m the secretary of the Citizens Transportation Committee. Formed April 2, 2007, we study and report on transportation issues in Mid-America.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:40:36 +0000

As I write this, heavy snow is falling. City buses are running about 30 minutes behind schedule and automobile traffic is snarled. Talk about wishing we still had streetcars…

By: Jim S

Jim S — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:39:13 +0000

One of the great shames of Twentieth Century America was the destruction of the streetcar systems across the country.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:25:34 +0000

The Star has a great book on the street cars of old called “A Splendid Ride.” Worth checking out. The massive network of routes has since been forgotten by Kansas City.

You can occasionally find remains of these old lines. I was riding my bike along Charlotte in late summer near TMC where they were doing street work. Old rails were exposed and being ripped out of the ground. They’d been paved over many times over the years. I’m sure more tracks are beneath our feet all over town.

By: CWG

CWG — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:09:15 +0000

My grandfather was conductor on a street car and worked on several different city routes. He said he was sometimes on a street car that traveled all the way to St. Joseph and back several times daily.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:09:02 +0000

And in true KC fashion, you can’t actually go in the car.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:23:00 +0000

Wow, something like that would be really handy!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:01:55 +0000

The rails should have never been removed.