Regional tax limit slows light-rail plan
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Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s regional light-rail plan hit a snag with the Missouri legislature this week, and there’s not enough time in the session to fix it.
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Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s regional light-rail plan hit a snag with the Missouri legislature this week, and there’s not enough time in the session to fix it.
Dreams of a regional light-rail plan may hinge on one choice: November or not. Mayor Mark Funkhouser of Kansas City is championing a Missouri tri-county light-rail tax and says its best chance is on the November ballot.
Some members of the task force officially designated to recommend a light-rail plan for Kansas City wonder whether the plan should involve a smaller tax and a quicker vote.
Subways, a revised Chastain plan — the city’s light-rail tangle just got more complex, and definitely more interesting.
It looks likely that no light-rail issue — either to repeal Clay Chastain’s plan or to approve a new plan — will go before voters in February.
For the past year, Kansas City has been tangled in a debate over what light-rail system to pursue.
A new rail transit boom in America may soon make Kansas City the nation’s largest metropolitan area without a public rail system.
A light-rail starter system can’t go everywhere. Here are some routes you may be wondering about and reasons why a broad base of community leaders and groups reject them.
As the city debates what to do next with light rail, the city’s most widely known light-rail champion -- Clay Chastain -- has begun to discuss ways to alter his own plan.
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A look at Portland's system  VIDEO
See a short video of modern streetcar light rail in operation in Portland, Ore. While the sleek look of this modern streetcar is similar to what Kansas City's would be, the operating speed in the video is slower than what it would be in Kansas City. |
As the city debates what to do next with light rail, the city’s most widely known light-rail champion -- Clay Chastain -- has begun to discuss ways to alter his own plan.
