Region Looks to Unite Transit Services
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, the largest bus operator in the Kansas City metro, was formed with a bi-State agreement. Modeled after the New York Port Authority, the KCATA was...
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KC Awarded $20M for Downtown Streetcar Project
This past Friday, August 30, it was announced that the City of Kansas City, Missouri would recieve $20 million in federal funding to aid in the downtown streetcar project. The funding will come in the...
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MAX Bus Rapid Transit Closer to Prospect Avenue
Prospect Avenue is one of the busiest transit corridors in the metro region, with over 6,000 boardings a day. This, along with the need for improved infrastructure, has prompted leaders to begin...
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Transit Helping To Build Healthy Communities
Public transportation, in all of its various forms, has a lot of benefits. An important one of these is improved public health. Read this quick post from Voices for Public Transportation on some of the...
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Multimodal Is The Way To Go
“My generation is more willing to use public transit and alternative transportation to have less effect on the environment, save money, and to be more engaged with their community“ The American Public...
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Leaders Continue Moving Transit Forward
Although plans for bringing commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and trails were slowed earlier this year, local leaders continue stressing the importance of transit to our community and the work that is...
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Streetcar Study Focuses on Four Corridors
This Monday, a group of transit and engineering consultants narrowed the list of future streetcar extensions from eight to four. The preliminary recommendation was based on a point scale that rated...
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Nashville Transit Free This Friday
Getting people to try transit can be difficult sometimes, especially during the holidays when everyone is running around shopping, visiting, and the like. That’s why transit agencies in Nashville, TN...
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Like Everything Else, Transit is Big in Texas
We recently had the privilege to spend some time riding the rails and walking the trails down in Texas. Specifically, we visited Dallas and Austin. These two metro areas have really robust...
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Phase II Streetcar Expansion Advances
Ever since the downtown streetcar line was approved, advocates and elected leaders have been working hard to expand the 2.2 mile system. Yesterday was a major step forward in bringing the streetcar to...
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