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Funding shortfall could mean the end of free rides on Kansas City's busses

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A $30 million budget shortfall at the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) could result in sweeping changes to public transit services.

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Kansas City would avoid massive bus cuts for now with a new plan. But it would end free fares

The six-month plan would fully fund the transit agency while it seeks funding from other places and demands more accountability from KCATA. It calls for reinstating fares and could end the city’s rideshare service IRIS, which was meant to fill transit gaps.

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Funding shortfall could mean the end of free rides on Kansas City's busses

A $30 million budget shortfall at the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) could result in sweeping changes to public transit services.

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Bus riders ask Kansas City to approve additional funding for KCATA to keep routes

Kansas City has drafted an ordinance that would give KCATA an additional $46 million.

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DART leaders agree to major cuts to mollify funding backlash - The Dallas Morning News - WiredFocus

Dallas Area Rapid Transit board members agreed on Tuesday to refund some cities millions of dollars in tax revenue in the hopes of halting legislation in Austin, but the move will cost riders. The board committed Wednesday to creating a general mobility fund that will allocate 5% of DART’s annual sales tax revenue to funding the initiative for three years. Under the fund, seven cities that paid a surplus into DART in 2023 would be eligible to re…

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Riders, IRIS and union bus drivers oppose Kansas City transit cuts

(Missouri News Service – Chrystal Blair) – Kansas City transit riders and workers are opposing proposed cuts to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, warning of significant consequences for public transportation. Last week, hundreds of KCATA supporters gathered on the steps of City Hall to protest proposed reductions that include eliminating 13 bus routes, cutting […] The post Riders, IRIS and union bus drivers oppose Kansas City transi…

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Kansas City Activists Rally To Save Doomed Freebie Bus Rides

Interestingly . . .Mainstream news is downplaying one of the greatest policy blunders in Kansas City history.To wit . . .KANSAS CITY MAYOR & COUNCIL THREATEN TO CUT FREEBIE BUS RIDES TODAY OVER THE PROTESTATIONS OF ACTIVISTS!!!But consider . . .DON'T FORGET THE FREEBIE CRACKDOWN COMES FROM MANY OF THE POLITICOS WHO ENACTED THE UNSUSTAINABLE POLICY!!!Translation . . .Neither Mayor Q nor Council dude Bunch deserve a lot of credit here because they…

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