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Let's Go KC is a coalition of individuals, local organizations and advocates who promote transportation choice in the Kansas City region. They work to educate, engineer, encourage and evaluate the region in the interests of better walking, bicycling and transit opportunities.
Headlines From Let's Go KC
- Economic impact of housing choices 06-27-2008
- A new set of data from the Center for Neighborhood Technology shows very well the economic consequences of different housing choices in light of rising gasoline prices. The two maps below show how much households in the KC metro area spent on gasoline in 2000 and 2008. […]
- Yet another bus story 06-18-2008
- This is getting to be almost a weekly occurrence - news media featuring suburbanites turning to the bus as gasoline prices rise, along with crowded buses that can barely keep up with demand. KMBC-TV 9: Commuters switching to bus passes. When will our elected leaders step […]
- MoDOT’s plan for alternative transportation 06-11-2008
- Today I attended the second annual Missouri Joint Transportation Funding Summit in Jefferson City. The members of both House and Senate Transportation Committees hosted the event to discuss how to fund Missouri’s transportation system in the future. The need to […]
- Lee’s Summit needs more bus service 06-09-2008
- This is becoming a common story all over the metro - people looking for relief from rising transportation costs are turning to public transit only to find bus systems already at capacity and with little room for new passengers. Buses coming into the city from Johnson […]
- How to Ride the Bus - Free Class 06-04-2008
- Check out this cool new service from the KC Area Transportation Authority… KCATA Offers "How to Ride" Clinics As gas prices rise, more and more people are wondering if they could take public transportation to where they need to go. The Kansas City Area […]
- Schools can turn to walking and bicycling to save on fuel costs 06-04-2008
- Just everyone else who has chosen to depend on automotive transportation, school districts are facing the problem of how to deal with rising fuel costs. For the first time ever, the Blue Springs School District expects to spend more on fuel for schools buses than it spends […]
- Johnson County buses straining under surging ridership 06-04-2008
- A recent letter from Johnson County Transit to its riders illustrates the surge in people turning to transit lately. Many buses are at capacity or standing room only. And the number of new transit users prompted The JO to try educating folks about good bus riding etiquette. […]
- Missouri Amtrak funding shortfall 06-02-2008
- The KC Star’s political blog reports on a new funding shortfall for Missouri Amtrak service. Even though the state just increased the budget by $600,000, Amtrak has come back and says that rising costs mean it now needs $400,000 more. It’s no secret that […]
- KC ranks high for teen fatalities, is lack of transit a reason? 05-28-2008
- The Star recently reported that Kansas City ranks number seven out of the fifty largest metro areas for the number of teens killed in automobile crashes. The article talks all about teen driving, but completely ignores the lack of alternatives to driving. Perhaps the lack […]
- MoDOT and KDOT Directors on the radio 05-27-2008
- The directors of the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Transportation will be the guests on Steve Kraske’s Up To Date radio show on Wednesday. Please make sure that the discussion about the future of transportation in Kansas City includes bicycle and pedestrian […]
