Round-up: Transit news while we were out
Here are some local and national transit headlines from the two weeks we were away:
KANSAS CITY
- Transit on Troost is in line for upgrades (Star)
- Ups and downs in citizen satisfaction scores (Prime Buzz)
- Cleaver Boulevard to get streetscape/pedestrian improvements, possibly bike lanes (Let’s Go KC)
- Jump on The Truman Trolley in Independence (Transit Action Network)
- Bus along with tires caught fire before hijacking halted in KCK (Star)
- Union Station officials report a $1.1 million surplus (Star)
- Man murdered at bus stop identified (KMBC)
- KC commuters have a low tolerance for taking the long way home (Star)
- Monday’s rare double-stadium events present driving, parking hassles (Star)
MISSOURI
- Metro rides may soon be just a card swipe away (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Ridership soars on MU student bus line (Columbia Daily Tribune)
- Student fee pays for bike loan program at Springfield’s Drury University (KPLR)
- Poplar Bluff bus goes green (KFVS)
- State offers funding for sidewalks, bike trails (Neosho Daily News)
KANSAS
- Kansas Amtrak expansion narrowed to two routes (Kansas Reporter)
- Amtrak’s western Kansas route in doubt (Hays Daily News)
- Topeka developing bike plans (WIBW)
- State encouraged to utilize different modes of transportation (McPherson Sentinel)
NATIONAL
- Obama pitches new plan for roads, runways and rail lines (USA Today)
- Obama’s Infrastructure Stimulus: What we know now and what we still need to know (Infrastructurist)
- The first 21 infrastructure projects Obama should fund (Business Insider)
- Roadway fatalities hit 60-year low last year (Star)
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Obama’s transportation plan: too many roads, not enough rails.
That Cleaver Boulevard streetscaping could be a big deal. We have many islands of activity in midtown, seemingly unconnected from each other – the Plaza, the Nelson, the Kemper, Southmoreland Park, Stowers Institute, UMKC, 50th&Main/Plaza Library. Better streetscaping along Cleaver could begin to tie these areas together and bring more activity to the blighted eastern areas. And imagine the foot traffic from the Plaza to Gates!