May

28

KC trades Greinke to St. Louis…

May 28, 2009 | Comments Off

…In exhange for public transit funding! Gone Mild has the scoop.
“Angry fans reacted to the loss of Zack Greinke, who is considered to be THE bright spot on the Royals roster. “It’s not the lack of public transportation that keeps the fans away – it’s the fact that the K is not downtown,” one disappointed [...]

May

19

Public hearing on MoDOT funding

May 19, 2009 | 3 Comments

Tonight Kansas Citians have a rare opportunity to talk to the people working future funding for MoDOT.  So far they are ignoring urban issues like transit, walking, bicycling, etc. – so this a good time to let them know what’s on the minds of the citizens of the state’s largest city.
Let’s Go KC: Tonight – [...]

Apr

15

KC loses 800 jobs while Missouri Senate dithers

April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

KC just lost out on 800 jobs that will instead be going to Michigan.  The Missouri Senate has been sitting on Governor Nixon’s economic development bill for weeks, a bill would have made Missouri’s proposal for the battery plant much more competitive.
This should have been a no-brainer.  The battery company, Kokam, is a based nearby [...]

Apr

10

KCMO debuts Transportation and Infrastructure blog

April 10, 2009 | Comments Off

The City Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has launched a new blog designed keep citizens updated on things that the T&I committee works on.  That includes things like streets, sidewalks, trash, the airport, transit service, public buildings, sewers, etc.
Kansas City T&I Update: kctransportation.kcmo.org
While the new blog gets points for using the BlogKC-endorsed WordPress, it loses [...]

Apr

10

KCATA asking state for funding help

April 10, 2009 | Comments Off

As soon as the KC Area Transportation Authority announced service reductions due to City Hall budget cuts, they high-tailed it down to Jefferson City.  The KCATA is asking the General Assembly for $14 million from federal economic stimulus funds.  They money would restore bus service for two years, hopefully long enough for the economy to [...]

Mar

26

Bus service cuts

March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

Yesterday we learned the magnitude of cuts to Metro bus service.  The City Council is cutting funding to the KCATA as sales tax revenues decline and part of the transit tax is being to diverted to pay for traffic signals and TIF projects.
Let’s Go KC: Cuts to bus service announced.

Mar

16

Guide to St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Midtown

March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

In case you live under a rock and haven’t heard the news, tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will be in Midtown, NOT Downtown.  The new route is 1 mile along Broadway Boulevard from Linwood (33rd) to 43rd Street.  We’ll save the Midtown vs. Downtown discussion for another time, and today just focus on the new [...]

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