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Clay Chastain makes a new pitch for light rail

02:53 PM CDT

Rail advocate Clay Chastain was back in Kansas City on Wednesday to make a pitch for getting light rail on the city ballot for a ninth time.

Light-rail ballot language

SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED?

Poll finds residents of Kansas suburbs want more alternatives to driving

06/23/2009 07:59 PM

Residents living in the Kansas suburbs are distinctly unhappy with their lack of alternatives to driving, according to a new poll just out this week.

Last year's light-rail plan probably would have failed to get federal funding

05/27/2009 05:25 PM

The 14-mile light rail plan put to Kansas City voters last year probably wouldn't have qualified for federal funding. That's what consultants had to say Wednesday as they near completion of an alternatives analysis of the light rail plan that voters handily rejected last year.

Light rail route, construction details

10/24/2008 08:44 PM

Some of the route still is undetermined, and construction procedures aren't planned.

Light-rail extension unites council, East Side

08/01/2008 01:41 AM

An olive branch to Kansas City’s East Side led to a veritable love fest for light rail on Thursday.

Some members of light-rail task force favor smaller tax, earlier vote

12/13/2007 12:53 AM

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.

Light-rail vote in February is unlikely, council member says

12/11/2007 08:16 AM

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.

Star offers light rail plan

12/11/2007 11:18 AM

For the past year, Kansas City has been tangled in a debate over what light-rail system to pursue.

KC can learn a lesson from other cities’ experiences

12/11/2007 11:16 AM

A new rail transit boom in America may soon make Kansas City the nation’s largest metropolitan area without a public rail system.

KC LIGHT-RAIL TOUR

The Star's Jeffrey Spivak and Matt Campbell tour the proposed light-rail route

THE MODERN STREETCAR


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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.

KC can learn a lesson from other cities’ experiences

12/11/2007 11:16 AM

A new rail transit boom in America may soon make Kansas City the nation’s largest metropolitan area without a public rail system.

Why some routes didn’t make the cut

12/12/2007 09:43 AM

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.

Chastain open to considering changes in his plan

12/12/2007 09:47 AM

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.

Light-rail ballot language

08/29/2008 08:04 PM

SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED?

Video: Jeffrey Spivak takes you on a tour of the proposed route

10/27/2007 10:12 PM