Kansas City Airport To Downtown Shuttle Suffers FAIL Ahead Of World Cup

Local newsies took a ride and don't seem confident in the current configuration . . . 

On a recent Monday afternoon in March, I walked a couple blocks from the streetcar to hop the 229 bus from downtown Kansas City, at Petticoat Lane and 11th Avenue, heading to the Departures curb at the Kansas City International Airport.

Now, I consider myself a connoisseur of public transit to the airport: I’ve taken the bus or a train to catch planes in five different countries and at least a dozen U.S. cities. And I’ve ridden the 229 to or from MCI at least a half-dozen times.

Over that time, I’ve landed on three main criteria to judge these airport transit routes: Does it run frequently? Is it (relatively) fast? Is it reliable?

Unfortunately, Kansas City’s transportation options to MCI only check some of those boxes — and residents have been complaining about it for years.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

I took the bus to Kansas City's airport. World Cup tourists, and locals, need better options

Only one bus route currently drops off at MCI's terminal, but the World Cup's pop-up transit route will change that - temporarily.