Kansas City Bus: No More Free Rides?!?

Just for emphasis . . . Here's one more update on bad policy and its inevitable demise . . .

"Kansas City is under-resourced. We've funded our enforcement efforts, but we've failed to suffiecently fund our lack of shelter, public health, and our schools. For every $1 we spend on public health, we spend $12 on police and jails; for every $1 we spend on housing our people, we spend $12 on police and jails; for every $1 we spend on assisting our homeless population we spend $72 on police and jails. Every year we increase funding to police and jails, and every year our public safety isseus continue to rise, If we fund what we value, we've sent the message we value locking poeple up more than we value their lives, their housing, their health, and our children's future."

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

Kansas City would avoid massive bus cuts for now with a new plan. But it would end free fares

The six-month plan would fully fund the transit agency while it seeks funding from other places and demands more accountability from KCATA. It calls for reinstating fares and could end the city's rideshare service IRIS, which was meant to fill transit gaps.