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The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [7] Construction began in May 2014, [8] and service began on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area's integrated public transit brand RideKC, and is operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is a public transit agency in metropolitan Kansas City. It operates the Metro Area Express (MAX) bus rapid transit service in Kansas City, Missouri, and 78 local bus routes in seven counties of Missouri and Kansas. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 12,006,600, about 41,500 per weekday ...
The Kansas City streetcar map peaked at 25 routes, but the last 20th century route was closed in 1957. Prior to 1908, streetcars on some routes were propelled by grasping underground cables. [1] Streetcars in Kansas City were the primary public transit mode during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, like most North American cities.
[1] [2] The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority adopted RideKC in November, [3] followed by Johnson County Transit, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit. Buses using the RideKC livery rolled out in Kansas City and Johnson County in October 2015. [4] [5] UG Transit transitioned in 2016, with IndeBus co-branding for the time being. [6]
English: The 14-county Kansas City Metropolitan Area, with the approximate city limits of Kansas City, Missouri in red and counties in blue. SVG version based on File:Kansas city metro counties.jpg Date
East Side of the Metro is primarily eastern Jackson County which is an area of the Kansas City Metro that contains the far-eastern urban side of Kansas City, Missouri and the following large suburbs of Blue Springs, Independence, and Lee's Summit. The area includes western Lafayette County Missouri and the far northeast portion of Cass County ...
List of rail transit systems in the United States, which also includes subway/metro and commuter rail systems. In the state-by-state tables below: A diamond (♦) symbol denotes a system that operates or operated in the same area as another independent system. Names and cities of currently operating systems appear in bold on blue backgrounds.
Like most American cities, Kansas City's mass transit system was originally rail-based. From 1870 to 1957, Kansas City's streetcar system was among the top in the country, with over 300 miles (480 km) of track at its peak. The rapid sprawl in the following years led this private system to be shut down.