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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  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
• 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