KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has unveiled a $1.2 billion rail-transit plan for the metro region.
The plan includes five types of transit services, including light rail and modern streetcars through downtown and a commuter train service for suburbs.
Funkhouser has been calling for regional mass transit, and the plan maps out new details of his idea.
A dozen Missouri-side suburbs will be affected. The plan excludes the Kansas side because authorizing legislation exists only in Missouri, and Johnson County mayors have shown little interest for a transit tax.