Optimizing Downtown Parking And Transit

Part 4 of a six-part series focused on the redevelopment of downtown Kansas City.

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October 14, 2002, 12:00 PM PDT

"Urban planners estimate that downtown needs at least 10,000 more spaces in the right locations to assist redevelopment. At an average cost of $11,000 per space, those garages would cost upward of $110 million.On a separate track, transit officials -- responding to four voter rejections of light-rail proposals -- are focusing attention on a less expensive alternative known as "bus rapid transit" to offer an alternative to the automobile. Estimated cost: about $60 million."

Thanks to C. Scott Smith

FULL STORY: Parking and transit woes drive away downtown visitors

Sunday, October 13, 2002 in The Kansas City Star

Community / Economic Development Kansas

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