KANSAS CITY CONTROVERSY
After nearly thirty years without electric rail service, Kansas City is trying to establish a new light rail system. One controversial matter remains unsolved: how many riders are necessary to support a modern LRT system? Ridership on Kansas City's all-bus system has steadily decreased, and some critics of the proposed LRT system think that there is not enough consumer interest to justify the expense of a new electric rail system. Apologists of the plan contend that riders will return, and that any LRT system will be run in such a way as to avoild any financial liability.
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Corporate Authors:
Free Congress Research and Education Foundation
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Authors:
- Kashin, S
- Publication Date: 1992-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Tables;
- Pagination: p. 8-10
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Serial:
- New Electric Railway Journal
- Volume: 5
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Free Congress Research and Education Foundation
- ISSN: 1048-3845
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Improvements; Level of service; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Policy; Ridership; Right of way (Land)
- Identifier Terms: Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00633979
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 19 1993 12:00AM