As always, here on this blog we're committed to finding solutions . . . And so we ask . . .
WILL PROTESTERS FUND MILLIONS FOR KANSAS CITY BUS FREE RIDES?!?!
In fact . . .
It would be fun if our activist class helped to find the money in the budget and confronted the political consequences for so much pilfered cash that gets "lost" amid transit cash conversations.
For now, we take another look at bad policy and even worse math . . .
The Kansas City Council unanimously approved $70.9 million in funding for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Bus and paratransit rides will stay at zero fare at least until the contract expires on April 30, 2025, but the bus system faces a deficit once federal funds run out.
KCATA has said that it will have a $26 million fundraising gap by 2025 once the last of the federal COVID-19 relief money is spent.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Kansas City's zero fare bus rides are here for another year, but fiscal troubles loom
The Kansas City Council unanimously approved $70.9 million in funding for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Bus and paratransit rides will stay at zero fare at least until the contract expires on April 30, 2025, but the bus system faces a deficit once federal funds run out.
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