Jul

23

Light rail picking up steam

July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Tomorrow the City Council’s Transportation Committee holds a public hearing on the starter line proposal, which will be on the November ballot in KCMO.  That line will run north/south between Vivion Road and the Plaza, then east along Brush Creek to Prospect Avenue.
Meanwhile, negotiations continue for a bigger regional system that would extend the KCMO [...]

Jul

14

Debunking Airport Light Rail

July 14, 2008 | 9 Comments

Northlanders (and many others) have maintained for years that they won’t support any light rail ballot that doesn’t go to the airport, even though they overwhelmingly voted against the 2002 plan that did go there. Yesterday the Star provided some of the first public analysis of the airport rail idea, and they found a really [...]

Jul

11

Updated Smart Moves transit plan

July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

With all of the competing bus, rail, and gondola plans out there it can be hard to figure out what’s going on. Fortunately most of the credible plans do fit into a big picture. The Mid-America Regional Council has just released an update to the Smart Moves regional transit plan.
It calls for a network of [...]

Jul

9

Review of light rail in other cities

July 9, 2008 | 2 Comments

KC Light Rail recently posted a seven-part series reviewing the status of light rail and transit in other cities around the United States. They provide great background information and provide a lot of context for Kansas City as we consider plans for our own system.

Jul

8

Realizing that Union Staton may not be able to serve as future transit hub

July 8, 2008 | 11 Comments

A new local news site called the KC Tribune has a story about the sad fact that Union Station may not be able to serve as the transit hub that many leaders and advocates hope for.  Many look at Union Station as the logical hub any future regional transit system, i.e. commuter rail form Southwestern [...]

Jun

30

Transportation costs of distant housing

June 30, 2008 | 5 Comments

With sprawling development patterns and few transit options, most Kansas Citians already spend more on transportation than on housing. The end of cheap gasoline is making the problem even worse. Let’s Go KC looks at data that shows households further from the central city’s jobs and buses spend more of their income on gasoline than [...]

Jun

11

Finding a transit leader

June 11, 2008 | 4 Comments

Today The Kansas City Post raised a great topic for discussion - finding someone to lead the charge regional transit.  Mark’s suggestion is Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders, and it actually sounds pretty good.    Mayor Funkhouser has done a good job getting it on the agenda, but eventually we need a cheerleader to out and [...]

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