Some Northland bus lines shut down as Kansas City moves away from subsidizing suburban transit

Some Northland bus lines shut down as Kansas City moves away from subsidizing suburban transit

Bus routes go away in Gladstone on Sept.1. To keep the existing RideKC bus lines going, the city faced a bill rocketing up 400%. Instead, Gladstone decided to dump the service  — like other parts of the Northland — and shift to a patchwork where riders hop from Uber-like cars for short hauls to buses that ferry them across the Kansas City area. That started with a dramatic increase in costs passed on to cities by the Kansas City Area Transportat…