Kansas City Leadership Backs Light rail Vote

Back in November, the voters of Kansas City approved a light rail initiative put on the ballot by activist Clay Chastain. Over the opposition of the transit agency, civic leaders and with no money for a campaign, the initiative won with approximately 56% of the vote. Now it appears, the Kansas City establishment is lining up to back a light rail plan of some kind. Chastain's plan probably is overly optimistic in what can be built for the money generated by the 3/8ths cent sales tax which uses money intended for the operation of buses which causes additional problems.

The following article goes into more detail and should be promising for future Missouri transportation initiatives if both urban areas are talking more about rail than highways.

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