Kansas City things

[pissclams]

consider yourself kiboshed

[KCFDcat]

Looks like clams learned a new word today

[Tobias]

just celebrating KIBOSHMANIA

[star seed 7]

the airport will happen eventually

[pissclams]

kiz-i-biz-osh

[420seriouscat69]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/08/02/kansas_city_s_streetcar_is_counting_crazy_high_ridership.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_fb_bot

[420seriouscat69]

The proof has been in the ridership. Salt Lake’s S-Line counted about 1,000 passengers per day along its two-mile route in 2015. Atlanta’s 2.7-mile streetcar was counting just 1,000 riders a day during the first months of 2016. In June, Tampa’s TECO line counted just 600 passengers a day!

And then there is the new streetcar route in Kansas City, Missouri, which is getting 6,660 riders a day over the first three months of operation—and rising. Total ridership is 550,000 riders in just 84 days of operation. That’s an order of magnitude above its counterparts in Atlanta and Salt Lake City, and more than double ridership on the H Street Streetcar in D.C., which runs in a densely populated urban area.

[420seriouscat69]

All that said: It’s been a runaway success

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

The KC Streetcar is definitely benefiting from a novelty boost in a city that hasn’t had rail transit in half a century. The warm weather is also pumping up the numbers—June, July, and August were the best months for the Atlanta Streetcar last year, which peaked in July.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Rail boosters in KC don’t want to wait and see if the starter line’s popularity holds—they’ve already got plans ready for a second phase. Best to strike while the rail is hot.

plenty of takeaways from that article, wacky. if you want to declare it a success after 3 summer months of brand new toy usage then go ahead... just makes it more laughable next year when it gets crap on.

[Emo EMAW]

All that said: It’s been a runaway success

I don't think that can be said until we see a full year's worth of revenue (and taxes) from the businesses that this was supposed to bolster. 

[420seriouscat69]

Rail boosters in KC don’t want to wait and see if the starter line’s popularity holds—they’ve already got plans ready for a second phase. Best to strike while the rail is hot.

plenty of takeaways from that article, wacky. if you want to declare it a success after 3 summer months of brand new toy usage then go ahead... just makes it more laughable next year when it gets crap on.

I was always #TeamNoStreetCar. Just posting a blog article, bruh.

[DQ12]

how many people have been murdered by the streetcar?  10-15?

[star seed 7]

I think we can all agree that the streetcar has been great for kc

[420seriouscat69]

I think we can all agree that the streetcar has been great for kc

My main annoyance with it is, sometimes I have to triple check traffic before crossing the road to the gym.

[Cartierfor3]

[CNS]

I know two different families(don't know each other and did this separately) that took a friday evening to drive downtown from the 'burbs just to park, walk to the streetcar line, ride the car, then walk back to their car and drive back to OP to get dinner.

 

'seeds.

[Dugout DickStone]

I know two different families(don't know each other and did this separately) that took a friday evening to drive downtown from the 'burbs just to park, walk to the streetcar line, ride the car, then walk back to their car and drive back to OP to get dinner.

 

'seeds.

you know some idiots

[CNS]

I know two different families(don't know each other and did this separately) that took a friday evening to drive downtown from the 'burbs just to park, walk to the streetcar line, ride the car, then walk back to their car and drive back to OP to get dinner.

 

'seeds.

you know some idiots

More than my share, unfortunately.

[pissclams]

I know two different families(don't know each other and did this separately) that took a friday evening to drive downtown from the 'burbs just to park, walk to the streetcar line, ride the car, then walk back to their car and drive back to OP to get dinner.

 

'seeds.

you know some idiots

More than my share, unfortunately.

it's a worlds of fun ride for old people
the novelty will wear off and like emo said, how is it benefitting kansas city?  we have to see these development dollars in action.

[Dr Rick Daris]

just scored a $36 3.5 star priceline bid in downtown kc for my family. we decided to come up this weekend to ride the trolley for one last family vaca before school starts. any advice on specific things to see while riding or stops to make while on it from you locals would be appreciated. anybody know if there are any discount coupons online? thanks!

[Phil Titola]

All that said: It’s been a runaway success

I don't think that can be said until we see a full year's worth of revenue (and taxes) from the businesses that this was supposed to bolster.

Not sure that will ever be available in whole...more anecdotally.  anything produced by the city will be dismissed as made up....like other stats like "economic impact" of conventions are often challenged.

Ridership will definitely decrease as far as joyrides go but as more people move downtown and hopefully more jobs move downtown, the normal riders who are using it for daily tasks will pick up. I personally use it only a couple days a week.... It doesn't impact my commute.

[Phil Titola]

just scored a $36 3.5 star priceline bid in downtown kc for my family. we decided to come up this weekend to ride the trolley for one last family vaca before school starts. any advice on specific things to see while riding or stops to make while on it from you locals would be appreciated. anybody know if there are any discount coupons online? thanks!

City market and steamboat Arabia at River market stop.  Library at library stop. Movies at P&L stop. Crap ton of family stuff at Union Station stop. Dinner at crossroads stop.

[KCFDcat]

In the limited time since it opened sales have been up about 15%. Whether that's due to weather/summer or the streetcar is hard to determine. Jusy my experience.

[AppleJack]

Kansas City has all sorts of fun stuff to do. It has several restaurants and even a dueling piano bar. Sometimes when I'm downtown I stare at some of the tall buildings and think to myself "I bet a lot of work went into that"