Kansas City Rethinks Future Light-Rail Plans
10 August 2001 - 8:00am
Should the Northland, Kansas City, MO north of the Missouri River, be left out of light-rail planning?
Proponents of light-rail have begun regrouping to respond to Tuesday's defeat of a sales tax that would have funded light rail in Kansas City. Amoug the ideas being considered: eliminating a light rail route through the Northland, the creation of a special transit district that would only cover portions of Kansas City or a regional, Kansas-Missouri approach to a light-rail system. However, some proponents think light-rail is dead for the near future.
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The Kansas City Star, August 9, 2001
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