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Under pressure from Kansas City officials, bus agency CEO is being forced from job
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoKansas City Area Transportation Authority president and CEO Robbie Makinen had tried to block Kansas...
‘Mass transportation’ tax proposed for Kansas City ballot. But who gets the money?
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKansas City’s bus system was saved from financial ruin 20 years ago when voters approved a...
Kansas City won acclaim for free bus fares, but the money’s drying up. Who will pay now?
Kansas City Star via AOL· 4 months agoRideKC buses and paratransit vehicles have been a free ride since March 2020. Now the temporary...
Cleaver worries discord over KCATA leader could hurt chances of getting federal money
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoRobbie Makinen was told he would be forced out of his job at the end of June as president and CEO of...
Kansas City transit agency accepts CEO’s resignation a month after asking for it
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoOne month after he was asked to tender his resignation, Robbie Makinen is out of a job as CEO of the...
Gladstone to stop Kansas City bus services in September, pilots on-demand service
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will cease bus services to and from Gladstone...
What is IRIS? How to use Kansas City’s new rideshare service — and where it can take you
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 10 months agoKansas City’s newest rideshare service, IRIS, is now available citywide, as well as in North Kansas...
KC bus agency broke promise to search nationally for CEO, then paid him more than allowed
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThe Kansas City Area Transportation Authority promised a nationwide search for a new leader to run...
KCATA rejects incentives for Midtown apartments after opposition from tenants, schools
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoAfter the Kansas City Council rejected a developer’s incentive request last year, it asked the...
KCATA lays out ambitious plan for 107 miles of passenger train service in Kansas City area
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAny plan for a passenger rail service would face many hurdles, from funding to cooperation between...