Transportation Stories

Kansas City streetcar, Kansas City subsidies, streetcar costs

Corporate Welfare | ARTICLE | September 8, 2026

What Does a Streetcar System Cost?

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

Kansas City bus service, KCATA, transportation policy, fare-free buses

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | May 19, 2026

KCATA Is Still Paying for the Fare-Free Experiment

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Kansas City buses, Kansas City Bus Riders Union, fare-free buses, free buses

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | February 25, 2026

Kansas City’s Bus Riders Union Is Right about One Thing

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

Kansas City bus, free buses, KCUR, transportation policy

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | October 24, 2025

KCUR Finally Confronts the Reality of Fare-Free Transit

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 3 min

St. Louis Metro, St. Louis transportation, Green Line St. Louis, North-South line, Bus Rapid Transit

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 30, 2025

Green Means Stop

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Kansas City

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 2, 2025

A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities, Part Three: Planning and Zoning

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | August 18, 2025

“It cost what?” —KC Streetcar Announces Opening of New Extension

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | May 19, 2025

Don’t Believe the (Streetcar) Hype

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

Washington Monument, buses, transportation policy, D.C. bus service, WMATA

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | May 14, 2025

On Transit, Maybe We Can Learn Something from Washington

By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 2 min

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