What a shame the voters weren’t presented a good plan for light rail during the last election. The time is ripe to get federal funding with President-elect Obama’s plans to resuscitate the economy. Building the infrastructure, including mass transit, is one of the main parts of his plan. I hope the local “powers that be” are busy at work developing a regional plan that will be workable before this window of opportunity closes.
This time, the voters need to know the exact route the trains will take. The downtown hub for light rail has to be Union Station, not the River Market. The plan must be saleable to all parts of the metro area on the Missouri side of State Line.
We need a good plan, and we need it as soon as possible. We’ve wasted too much time already.
Larry Bilotta
Kansas City
The thoughts that went through my head as I contemplated this matter were many.
Why would I want to leave my car at either end of the proposed route?
What was the projection for it coming to a part of town that was more convenient for me? Last, but not least, with all the controversy going on in City Hall who the heqq is going to make sure this thing gets finished and does something besides take me to a place I could easily access by bus????
My vision of a light rail project is one that would enable a rider to go from Grandview to MCI, or maybe with a little cooperation from our neighbors to the west, to points along the west loop of I-435.
What a disappointment.
Posted by: Dianne | December 15, 2008 at 02:18 AM
Come on Larry, a multibillion dollar fiasco that will transport no one from some where to no where....give it a rest already.
Posted by: mianotkia | December 14, 2008 at 09:34 AM