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Will include a Wi-Fi network along the 2.2-mile streetcar route, smart lighting, cameras and sensors, plus interactive digital kiosks that can provide information about local cultural events, food and entertainment, other businesses and city services such as the 311 Action Center, the report said.
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Streetcar construction is on schedule to be completed in fall of 2015. The $102 million 2-mile system will then undergo a period of testing and is anticipated to be open to the public in 2016.
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Michelle Teel of the Missouri Department of Transportation testified in Washington last week, saying that Missouri pays for Amtrak service and the state doesn't have the $20 million it needs for PTC, adding that the department struggles to even get the $9 million it needs to operate Amtrak.
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Will be used to build a new MetroLink Station as well as expand the busiest MetroLink station on the light rail system, the Central West End Station, and will be used to create the first section of a bike trail that will connect the new MetroLink station to the regional Great Rivers Greenway trail network.
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The app called “KC Streetcar - Open For Business,” gives users points if they "check in" or make purchases at participating restaurants and retailers. The more points you get, the better your chances to win prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000.
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The agency is looking into two possible bus rapid transit lines, with estimated capital costs of about $40 million each, in response to lengthy bus commutes for some of its riders. The region would have to greenlight the two proposed lines to secure federal funding.
Read More →A downtown Kansas City business owner told the Missouri Court of Appeals that she is upset she now must charge her customers a one cent sales tax to pay for the downtown streetcar project. The city’s attorney argued that the deadline for challenges to the plan had passed.
Read More →The Mission Transit Center unites six Johnson County Transit bus routes, including the system’s newly launched JO Connex bus service. It features electronic displays with real-time bus route information and covered outdoor seating for a more comfortable rider experience.
Read More →More than 3,000 attendees are estimated to attend Marketplace 2015. Marketplace is the show where business gets done, generating nearly $80 million dollars for the delegates, suppliers and host city in 2012.
Read More →Will provide transit agencies like Metro with real-time interaction between the vehicle fleet and dispatch center for safer and more efficient operations.
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