Ok so in plain English KCATA is telling voters that they made a Mistake in voting for light rail tax and they will use the money instead for its buses?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Certified Resolution

Light Rail Initiative

Whereas, KCATA supports improving multi-modal transit in the Kansas City region; and

Whereas, on November 7, 2006 the voters of Kansas City, Missouri approved Ballot Measure #2 authorizing a 3/8-cent city-wide sales tax for implementation of light rail; and

Whereas, KCATA considers passage of Ballot Measure #2 a unique opportunity to improve transit in Kansas City; and

Whereas, KCATA supports light rail, but has concerns about the specifics of Ballot Measure #2 and its impact on existing transit services; and

Whereas, portions of the light rail alignment specified in the initiative are in jurisdictions outside of Kansas City, including the City of North Kansas City, City of Gladstone, and on Missouri Department of Transportation roadways; and

Whereas, a strong bus network is essential to area residents who have no immediate access to the proposed light rail line, as well as an important extension of the proposed light rail line as a feeder network of transit connections; and

Whereas, KCATA recognizes the urgency of identifying alternative funding sources for the existing and future bus network and vows to work cooperatively with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and regional leaders to secure bus transit funding for 2009 and beyond; now therefore be it

Resolved, that KCATA commits to work cooperatively with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, to identify any adjustments needed to the approved measure to allow light rail to be implemented; and

Resolved, that KCATA commits to work with the regional community, including other jurisdictions affected by the implementation of the initiative, to identify strategies for integrating rail transit into the Smart Moves regional transit plan; an

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BuyCSXRailroadstock ?

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Dang, I think you beat me! Meet me in Cleveland.[;)]

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What you have here is politicians kicking and screaming–It took Mr.Chastain [and the rail supporters] SEVEN tries to get this initiative passed to have light rail in KC… Now the people are getting the political equivalent of having their feet peed upon while being told it is raining!

There was a large article in the KC Star Sunday edition that put forward a plan for a light rail that involved a new technology that was first of all very expensive, and only working in France in a mild climate, apparently it operates with little success in icy conditions. {HELLO! Kansas City!}

Rather than Buy CSX Railroadstock, I think you’d better save your Confederate money…

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Are the looking at APS, they underground power system?

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Beaulieu:

From my limited electrical knowledge base, the article seemed to show and indicate that it was a power source for a “third” rail placed between the rails. It was some how switched to on only under the area the train occupies. the flow of electricity being monitored and controled by sensors, relays, switches or things like that. Apparently Alsthom[?] has an operating system in Bordeaux France. The article indicated that the main problem they had with this power system was that ice and snow caused it to malfunction.

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Smoke and mirrors abound . The self serving politicos are at their crooked finest. The people are not at the top of the agenda . Take a good look at whose kin folk of which politican will benefit the most from this fiasco in tax payers dollars. [:D][}:)]. nuff said . I hear the hiway callin’ me ,gotta go.

Cannonball

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Oh oh, if the “consultants” and others are going to work with others to determine which system to really, really fund, it sounds like the funds will end up buying buses, not right of way and trains. Until some relatives have a chance to buy the properties the light rail ROW will go through.

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In Kansas City even though “Old Man” Pendergrass is dead the “Machine” lives on. Kansas City politics as usual. With a price tag of 1 billion dollars they should have voted it in 7 tries ago.