The city may consider a heavy rail subway system after overturning a light rail ballot initiative.
"Subways, a revised Chastain plan - the city's light-rail tangle just got more complex, and definitely more interesting."
"As the city prepares to dive back this week into coming up with a light-rail proposal, the past week showed just how wide open the city's transit future has become."
"Light-rail activist Clay Chastain updated his compromise plan - and offered not to sue the city if the Kansas City Council places a compromise version of his plan before voters in April."
"What's more, an entirely new idea about building a rail transit system emerged last week: tunneling to create a subway system of fast heavy-rail cars."
Thanks to Jon Galloway
FULL STORY: Light rail, meet heavy rail

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