[PRCo] Fwd: Re: OT: City Council kills Kansas City light rail plan

[James B. Holland]

"Edward B. Havens" <edhavens at ...> wrote:

Here's the final version of the Kansas City Star story about the repeal
of the 27-mile light rail plan adopted by K.C. voters in November 2006.
(The previous Star links on this page do not work because the newspaper
deletes earlier versions as it updates stories under different URLs,
unlike KYW Newsradio, for example, which simply updates stories under
the same URL.)
Kansas City readers saw this in Friday's editions:
http://tinyurl.com/26kwsy
Edward B. Havens
Tucson, Ariz.
"Edward B. Havens" edhavens@ wrote:
>
> Here's an update from the Kansas City Star on the end to Clay
> Chastain's light rail plan. It includes a video link with Chastain's
> comments about the City Council's action Thursday in tossing out a
> voter-approved referendum:
>  http://tinyurl.com/3cjsqy
>  Philadelphia surface rail had a longstanding connection to Kansas
> City since ex-Kansas City Public Service PCCs served both PTC and
> SEPTA. They were best known for service on Route 50, which SEPTA bused
> in 1980.
>  Edward B. Havens
>  Tucson, Ariz.
"Edward B. Havens" <edhavens@> wrote:
> >
> > The 27-mile light rail proposal at Kansas City that was promoted by
> > transit activist Clay Chastain and approved by city voters in a
> > November 2006 referendum now is officially dead. In what the Kansas
> > City Star describes as an unprecedented move, the City Council today
> > voted to kill Chastain's plan:
> >  http://tinyurl.com/yro8ys
> >  A citizens task force is recommending a 12-mile modern streetcar
line
> > operating on city streets. The Fox TV station at Kansas City reports
> > there will be a referendum on some sort of surface rail plan at a
> > future date:
> >  http://tinyurl.com/ytm2bo
> >  Edward B. Havens
> >  Tucson, Ariz.
> >
>

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