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Mayor’s regional transit plan
May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
Update: KC Light Rail is a very good analysis of the plan, and it’s more thorough and thoughtful than anything in the TV and print media.
Mayor Funkhouser has finally unveiled his regional transit plan, which looks like a rehash of several earlier plans. It features light rail and street car spines in the central business corridor between the Missouri River and Brush Creek, MAX-style Bus Rapid Transit in outlying neighborhoods, and a combination of commuter rail and express buses in the suburbs.
Now we’ll see if the three Missouri-side county governments (Jackson, Clay, Platte) will go along. They have until August to put it on their November ballots.
KC Star: Rail transit could be here in five to seven years
Mayor’s plan (PDF)
Categories: Light Rail, Transportation
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Funkhouser sends the light rail down Troost and included commuter rail to places like Lee’s Summit and Grandview to shore up the votes for it to pass. The commuter rail is pretty costly considering the low population density. And light rail on Troost running all the way to Gladstone might cost the idea some Northland votes. I won’t elaborate on that. I think Gillham would’ve been better, since it’s between Main and Troost, and would put the route near both Crown Center and Hospital Hill as it nears downtown. Troost is too far on the East side IN downtown to make it an attractive option for conventioneers and P&L District patrons. Express buses to KCI are good, to Parkville though, I dunno.