Kansas City Toy Train Streetcar 2024 Ridership Numbers Questioned

Context . . .

VISIT DOWNTOWN ON ANY WEEKDAY AND NOTICE MANY NEARLY EMPTY STREETCARS!!!

Meanwhile . . .

Locals are mostly advised to accept "the science" and internal numbers with NO SIGNIFICANT OUTSIDE VERIFICATION.

Here's the word . . . 

Kansas City has a higher average daily ridership than all other metros except Portland. Kansas City averaged daily ridership of 4,979 passengers in 2023. Portland, which has a service area population nearly four times the size of Kansas City’s, averaged 7,245. Portland’s streetcar also charges passengers $2 a trip.

Tucson, with a service area population double Kansas City’s, came closest to Kansas City’s average daily ridership with 4,725 passengers.

Kansas City’s streetcar serves one of the smallest service area populations: 33,940.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City streetcar ridership outpaces many U.S. systems, report says - Kansas City Business Journal

The Kansas City streetcar has one of the highest daily and annual ridership averages compared with 13 other streetcar systems in the U.S., despite being one of the smallest.