Kansas City Fines Builder for Streetcar Delay - Next City
The tracks are complete from the River Market to Union Station, and the overhead wire will be finished in a few months, but Kansas City’s downtown streetcar line may not open in time to ferry passengers to and from the Big 12 Conference basketball... A Kansas City Star editorial Friday criticized the city and the Streetcar Authority for not leveling with the public about the delays, which play into hands of what critics are calling a “toy train” project. ” That was Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s short explanation of why he scrapped a plan to build an extensive network of light-rail lines in Toronto shortly after being elected mayor. Ford later left office in disgrace, and the Toronto City Council restored some of the light-rail projects Ford canceled. One of his proposed replacement subways, however, came back to life when the council voted in favor of building a three-station extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line to Scarborough instead of a seven-stop line. The council’s decision means that the city, rather than the regional transit planning agency Metrolinx, will have to pick up the tab for the line, but it now appears that the city can expect some help from Ottawa in building it, now that the last... Source: nextcity.org
