Kansas City

Ground broken for Kansas City streetcar

Pro-rail advocates and officials gathered Thursday, May 22, 2014 for a groundbreaking ceremony for Kansas City’s 2.2-mile streetcar, with a target completion of construction sometime next year.

KC OKs more streetcars, minus a neighborhood

A conceptual plan for streetcar extensions totaling almost eight miles was given the go-ahead Thursday, March 27, 2014, by the Kansas City city council, with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) element also approved.

UP, Missouri county reach MOU on R-O-W

Jackson County, Mo., and Union Pacific have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to transfer ownership of 19 miles of UP right-of-way to the county for future passenger rail use.

For KC streetcar, discord over contract

Kansas City, Mo.’s City Council will vote on Sept. 12, 2013 on a construction contract for the city’s 2.2-mile initial streetcar line, but approval reportedly is not assured.