Popular Post LosFeliz Posted March 20 Popular Post Share Posted March 20 Just spent the week in Kansas City for the Big 12 Conference tournament. The area around the Toyota Center is brutally awful by comparison. The Power and Light District built around the T Mobile Center has 3 modern glass condo/apartment towers, a massive covered plaza for DJs and big screen action with tons of cheesy bars and restaurants facing it. Then there are several pedestrian scaled blocks around it that are closed to traffic on game days. There are no visible open air garages in site. All parking is underground or hidden behind retail. It's really well done. If Houston could just start with that awful Tundra Garage,,, Also, the convention center is right across the highway there which is sunken. Makes for a much better pedestrian experience than walking under a freeway as our hotel was a beautiful new Loew's by the convention center. I was with my sister who lives in One Park Place and she kept saying the only thing KC was missing was a Discovery Green type park. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Like this? https://kcsouthloopproject.org/ KC never has moved very quickly, but when they do, they generally do it nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosFeliz Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Nice! The Crossroads area was great. Reminded me a lot of midtown with street grids and a street car. One thing KC apparently did (I haven't checked and am just going off my experience and uber driver's story) is they made buses and the light rail FREE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 7 hours ago, LosFeliz said: One thing KC apparently did (I haven't checked and am just going off my experience and uber driver's story) is they made buses and the light rail FREE. This is actually a pretty good review of the situation up to January, when the transit board had to decide on reinstating fares. Free bus rides in Kansas City need more dollars to continue | Kansas City Star "RideKC buses and paratransit vehicles have been a free ride since March 2020. Now the temporary federal money that made that possible is running out, and local officials are at a loss for who will foot the bill. Might this mean the end of zero fare? That depends on whether the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority can close a $10 million gap with new funding from local, state and federal sources. They have no assurance that the money to keep rides free will be there in 2025. The KCATA made that clear late last year when it raised the possibility of needing to reinstate fares, which led to a groundswell of public support for keeping transit free. But what’s been left out previously is that the KCATA might have had a cushion to assure at least two more years of free fares, had Kansas City’s government lived up to its promise to fully fund its share of the program." A few days later, the board voted unanimously to continue study fare reinstatement. KCATA board votes unanimously for further study on bus fare plan (kmbc.com) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 22 hours ago, ChannelTwoNews said: This is actually a pretty good review of the situation up to January, when the transit board had to decide on reinstating fares. Free bus rides in Kansas City need more dollars to continue | Kansas City Star "RideKC buses and paratransit vehicles have been a free ride since March 2020. Now the temporary federal money that made that possible is running out, and local officials are at a loss for who will foot the bill. Might this mean the end of zero fare? That depends on whether the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority can close a $10 million gap with new funding from local, state and federal sources. They have no assurance that the money to keep rides free will be there in 2025. The KCATA made that clear late last year when it raised the possibility of needing to reinstate fares, which led to a groundswell of public support for keeping transit free. But what’s been left out previously is that the KCATA might have had a cushion to assure at least two more years of free fares, had Kansas City’s government lived up to its promise to fully fund its share of the program." A few days later, the board voted unanimously to continue study fare reinstatement. KCATA board votes unanimously for further study on bus fare plan (kmbc.com) As a general rule, I'm against fare-free transit. While I think transit should be heavily subsidized, and people who need free rides should be able to get them via some kind of process, I think transit agencies need revenue streams that aren't subject to mayoral whims. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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