Tagged: kcata

Government
5:05 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Kansas City Buses Will Say Goodbye To Diesel

Credit KCCG
Councilman Dick Davis once managed the bus transit service. He now weighs-in on full conversion to natural gas fuel.

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority , or ATA, is phasing itself out of the diesel bus business.

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Government
5:26 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Including Power Utilities In Command Center Boosted Snowstorm Fight-ability

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Some of the first aftermath data from two major and back-to-back winter snow storms is filtering out of Kansas City city hall.  Adding two agencies to the Emergency Operations Center was counted as a positive to the Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee of the Council.

Those private or quasi-private operations served public transit and distribution of electrical power.

The Ops nerve center stayed open 24 hours in the storm of February 21, another 30 hours during  last week’s heavy, wet snow.  

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Weather
5:44 am
Wed February 27, 2013

Power Outages Reduced From Kansas City Region Snow Storm

Credit Robin Cross / KCUR

Kansas City area residents have fought their way out of a second major snowstorm in less than a week. Some areas got upwards of a foot of new snow.

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Business & Tech
4:48 pm
Mon March 12, 2012

Gas Prices, Weather Help Fill KCATA Seats

Credit kcata.org

The price of gasoline is a major factor in future popularity of riding a bus in the Kansas City area.   It may take months to measure the effect.

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