Kansas City Main Street Toy Train FAIL Worsens

Local media dutifully and politely ignores grumbling over the Kansas City obstacle course for drivers on Main street. 

Instead, locals are mostly offered hype in support of transit that will lead locals to an "entertainment district" that protesters nearly burned down during "mostly peaceful" protests and now confronts the same uptick in violence endured by most Kansas City residents.

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Main Street utility work gets underway to prepare for southern streetcar extension - Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City's $351.7 million southern streetcar extension will continue creating a rocky road for local motorists along Main Street for the foreseeable future. Workers with the city's Water Department and 15 private companies are expected to perform piecemeal utility upgrades and relocation along segments of the streetcar's upcoming 3.5-mile route to the University of Missouri-Kansas City into early fall 2022, weather permitting, said Alex Miller, a spokesperson for the Upgrades on Main team.

Local budget off track amid recent TAX fail . . .

KC Streetcar fleet may soon double in size

Kansas City's streetcar fleet could soon have the green light to double in size. The Kansas City, Missouri, Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations City Council Committee is set to review a contract Wednesday to buy six new low-floor light rail vehicles.

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