08/08/2026
Your Third District City Council Office introduced an ordinance to fully fund the bus system for.
Policy rationle to use $11 Million out of our $200 Million reserve fund to maintain KCATA Service Levels:
1️⃣ Tax payers approved two sales taxes for public mass transit. We have the funds to not only fully fund our current systems but to expand service to begin to meet the Smart Moves plan https://www.kcsmartmoves.org/
2️⃣ Transit is economic development and a key tool for economic mobility. Ensuring residents can get to work, school and job training is vital to our economy. The cuts will lay off bus operators and will cause significant delays in transit. Can you imagine waiting 30 minutes for a bus and then having to wait an additional 30 minutes because the bus is full?
3️⃣ Transit cuts in this economy is cruel. This decision disproportionately impacts the working class, economically distressed, elderly and those living in high poverty areas.
Join us in person or online at 9:30 am Tuesday to make a plea for the Council to use the KCATA and Public Mass Transist taxes we voted on for the bus system. 26th Floor City Hall, 414 E. 12th Street. Finance Committee. Zoom link can be found on the linked below. https://kansascity.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Smart Moves 3.0 is the Kansas City region’s 20-year plan for transit and mobility. It builds on a solid foundation of prior planning, and prepares the region for greater choices in the transportation environment we currently live in — one that is rapidly evolving.
