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The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [7] Construction began in May 2014, [ 8 ] and service began on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area 's integrated public transit brand RideKC , and is operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority.
The first electric streetcar operated in Kansas City on September 6, 1889. [7] By 1908, all but one of Kansas City's streetcar routes had been converted to electricity. [1] When the Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS) was created in 1925, it inherited over 700 streetcars that had been owned and operated by private companies. [5]
The KC Streetcar hasn’t added additional transit capacity. It hasn’t raised property values or been a city-building tool. And streetcars don’t curb congestion or get cars off the road.
The Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway declared bankruptcy in 1940. [7] By its closure on July 9th, 1940, the Strang Line was the last remaining Interurban in Kansas City. The line's closure attracted significant public attention, as passengers went as far as to make off with the streetcar's seat cushions as souvenirs.
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Streetcar riders in might encounter a musical surprise while they ride between the River Market and Union Station.
The RideKC brand was adopted in August 2014 by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, operators of the KC Streetcar line then under construction in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] [2] The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority adopted RideKC in November, [3] followed by Johnson County Transit, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit. Buses using the ...
On March 20, 2009, Blackhand Strawman, a documentary of Kansas City's organized crime history, was released in theaters in Kansas City. On March 1, 2011, retired FBI agent William Ouseley published his history of the KC crime family from 1950 to 2000 in a book titled Mobsters in Our Midst .