Streetcar track installation is the ‘Main’ event

Streetcar construction is taking an exciting new turn this week in Downtown Kansas City. The KC Streetcar Constructors are beginning to embed track on the west side of the Main Street bridge (between Pershing and 20th Street) beginning this…

What’s next for KC streetcar expansion?

Will Kansas City continue to push for expansion of its streetcar project? Probably, but not for a while, The Kansas City Business Journal reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday night, voters in part of the city’s urban core soundly rejected…

Newspaper endorses KC streetcar votes

  In a sudden and positive agreement, Missouri and Kansas City officials recently brokered a coordinated plan that could enhance all forms of transportation in this area, The Kansas City Star began its lead editorial in Sunday's edition…

Streetcar Authority selects its first executive director

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KCSA) today chose the first Executive Director of the KC Streetcar system. Thomas Gerend will leave his position as Co-Director of Transportation Planning for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) to…

Streetcar Authority endorses exterior colors, design

They won’t be Chiefs red, or KU crimson and blue, or MU black and gold. Instead, Kansas City’s new streetcars will be white, black and silver. Some critics say boring. Or worse, Oakland Raiders colors. But those in charge think Kansas…

Downtown streetcar groundbreaking draws enthusiastic crowd

Fifty-seven years after streetcars stopped running in Kansas City, an enthusiastic crowd gathered under sunny skies Thursday for the official groundbreaking to bring streetcars back to Downtown, The Kansas City Star reported today. “It’s…

City publishes guide to development opportunities on streetcar route

All eyes will be on the Downtown Streetcar route this week, as Mayor Sly James prepares to preside over the streetcar groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday at the southwest corner Truman Road and Main Street.  While Thursday's event…

Mayor on streetcars: ‘We’re making history here in Kansas City’

The new Downtown streetcars may still be two years from roll out, but we got our first peek at them during a special ceremony during First Friday festivities. According to reporter Lynn Horsley's coverage in The Kansas City Star: "A…

Tiger grant to provide major boost for Downtown Streetcars

The Downtown Streetcar project received a shot of adrenaline last Friday, when the federal government announced the City of Kansas City will receive a $20 million federal transportation grant. The grant will be used to help fund construction…

State appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuit over streetcar taxes

"Kansas City’s Downtown streetcar project overcame a big legal hurdle Wednesday when the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the downtown taxes to help pay for it," The Kansas City Star reported today. "The appeals court upheld the dismissal…

Appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuit over Downtown streetcars

"Kansas City's Downtown streetcar project got a big boost today with an appeals court ruling affirming the legality of the local taxes to help pay for it," according to The Kansas City Star. "The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal…

KC streetcar leaders select firm to build the new system

"One step forward and one step sideways." That was how The Kansas City Star on Wednesday described this week's progress on the Downtown streetcar project. "On one hand, the city opened bids and announced the apparent winner to manage…