KC Light Rail

It's big week in transit for Kansas City: Tuesday's bus tax renewal election and light rail workshops in all four "nodes" along the proposed Plaza-to-Northland route. Here's the language that will appear on Tuesday's ballot as "Question 1″:

Shall the City of Kansas City continue a city sales tax for the purposes of developing, operating, maintaining, equipping and improving a bus transit system by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for Kansas City, Missouri, as authorized by Section 94.605 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri at a rate of 3/8% for a period of 15 years?

YES/NO

Not sure where to vote? Polling locations can be found here.

While a full schedule is here, below are the light rail workshops being held this week:

East Meeting #2 (East of Main Street)
6-8 p.m.
Monday, April 7
Gates Headquarters
4621 The Paseo [map]

Downtown Meeting #3 (Missouri River to Linwood Boulevard)
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9
Scarritt Building (Scarritt Ballroom)
818 Grand Blvd. [map]

Midtown Meeting #2 (Linwood to UMKC)
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 10
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
11 E. 40th St. [map]