KC Light Rail

Local:

• Missouri pushes regional transit funding, can't wait for Kansas (Prime Buzz)
• Light rail moving 'fast' (Sun Newspapers)
• Council pushes for bus sales tax renewal (Prime Buzz)
• Funkhouser: Make Union Station a rail hub (Biz Journal)

National:

• Government warns of terror threat to trains (NBC)
• Detroit considers Woodward Avenue light rail loop (Crain's)
• Charlotte already working on light rail expansion (Charlotte Observer)
• Millions later, Ft. Lauderdale light rail future murky (Sun-Sentinel)

Behold the power of the intertubes: the official calendar on the KCATA light rail website now shows the scheduled community workshops in your 'hood. If you have an opinion about station locations, which street to use, or how to cross the river… please attend! Seems like they're a little slow to provide actual details on the events, but at least the dates are on the calendar now.

The next downtown workshop is definitely 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, at the Kansas City Design Center, 1018 Baltimore [map].

Sorry for the late notice, but whoever planned this first light rail workshop did an awful job communicating it. The details are below, confirmed by a call to the Downtown Council. The meeting announcement did not appear in The Star, or on websites for the Downtown Council, KCATA, or KCDC.

5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, March 5
Town Pavilion Conference Center, Marquis Room
1100 Walnut (take low-rise elevators in lobby to 4th floor)
Parking available at Town Center Garage

Here's the entire message, as we received it from another source today:

Please come to a series of 4 workshops on KC's light rail project

You are invited to participate! The KCATA and the City need your input on how light rail will operate downtown. The first of a series of 4 workshops is tonight. The meetings build on each other and you are encouraged to come to all. The meetings are sponsored by the Downtown Council, Downtown Neighborhood Association, and the Kansas City Design Center. Information is available on the Crossroads Community Association's online calendar at kccrossroads.org, as well as below:

March 5, 5:30-7:30 pm Town Pavilion Conference Center, Marquis Room 1100 Walnut (take low-rise elevators in lobby to 4th floor) Parking available at Town Center Garage

March 26th, 5:30-7:30 pm Kansas City Design Center 1018 Baltimore Parking available at Downtown Library Garage

April 9, 5:30-7:30 pm (Location to be announced)

April 23, 5:30-7:30 pm (Location to be announced)