May

9

Missouri Amtrak improvements on the horizon

May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

Two bits of the new Missouri budget provide hope for Missouri’s beleagured Amtrak service between KC and St. Louis.  First, the state’s $8 million rail budget survived an attempted cut, so the trains will keep running.  Second, the General Assembly approved $5 million to improve capacity of the KC-STL line and hopefully reduce the delays […]

May

7

Take the Car-Free Challenge

May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

For one week, how many solo car trips can you replace with walking, bicycling, carpooling, or riding the bus?
That is the Car-Free Challenge that Bike Week organizers are putting to the entire metro area May 10-16.  Individuals and teams of co-workers and friends compete to see how many miles and how many trips they can […]

Apr

29

Troost MAX

April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This week the KCATA is holding open houses for the public to learn more about plans to expand the popular MAX bus to Troost Avenue in 2009. Tonight you can stop by anytime between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the 39th and Troost transit center. More info.

Apr

21

Google Transit for the City of Fountains

April 21, 2008 | 8 Comments

Google Maps has a great feature that lets you map out directions from Point A to Point B using public transportation, and they have just added Metro bus routes for the KC Area Transportation Authority. The coverage includes all most of the metro area - KCMO, KCK, and the Missouri suburbs.  The only missing area […]

Apr

19

Big Shake-up on the City Council

April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments

Yesterday Mayor Funkhouser shook up the City Council and the city’s light rail planning by removing Councilmember Ed Ford from his chairmanship of the Transportation and Infrastructure Commitee. While the mayor denies it, this move sure looks like payback for Ford’s leadership in the effort to keep City Manager Wayne Cauthen. The new chair, Russ […]

Apr

3

PAC parking garage costs as much as entire transit budget

April 3, 2008 | 4 Comments

Let’s Go KC talks about the insanity of the city building a parking garage that costs almost as much as it spends on buses in an entire year.  Clearly all of the recent talk about green this and green that has yet to translate into a meaningful re-ordering of priorities for spending city money.

Apr

2

Taking the Drive out of Cliff Drive

April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments

KC likes to brag about the most per-capita freeway miles of any city.  Strangely enough, this car-addicted city just took the wacky step of giving humans a bit of the road. Following the lead of great world cities like New York, London, and even Bogota, the KCMO Parks Board has initiated a program to make […]

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