KCK buses saved, Sunday service in doubt
Proving again that all politics is local, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County (nee KCK) has scored "an unspecified mix" of funding to keep their buses running. While many criticize earmarks and other types of "pork barrel spending" from Congress (in this case, U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore), those funds sometimes impact real people in very real ways. KCK had intended to offer Sunday service in response to citizen surveys, a critical item for this part of the metro that ranks high (along with the East Side) in transit dependency. No word on how the funding crisis will affect the State Avenue BRT project — still is the planning stage — since the FTA Small Starts program will only cover capital costs, not operating costs, of the improved (and thus more expensive) service.
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As if the Legends businesses haven’t had enough problems getting people to jobs out there, now they may lose Sundays? Wyco really needs to figure out that you can’t look at projects as singular items, but they all have to work hand in hand with others in order to work.
“A survey given out at the Village West area has provided a lot of insight into job access needs. It has been estimated that the employers in this area are 300 to 400 people short on filing jobs.”
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a worker in KCMO currently faces at least a 2-3 seat ride to get to village west today… and it would take at least one hour, probably longer.
And then, good luck on getting home — as most of these bus routes stop before the majority of these restaurants close down and would be able to get workers home…