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The decline of public transit in the United States was one of the consequences of urban sprawl that has dominated this country's development since the end of World War II. (More about this problem can be found on the Labor & the Environment page on this site.) This national trend was pushed to the extreme in the Kansas City Area. A good summary of this process can be found in a Labor Party Transit Club position paper, The Future of Kansas City Transit.
The Kansas City Transit Crisis
Once
Again, KC Transit In Crisis
by Bill Onasch
Kansas City Transit Gets Last
Minute Reprieve, Faces New Trial
by Bill Onasch
KC Transit
Workers Stuck With Another Wage Freeze
by Bill Onasch
An
Exchange About Kansas City Transit Issues
A
bold move on transit by
Tony Saper Sorting
Out What to Defend and What to Replace by
Bill Onasch
Some Recent Articles About Local Transit Issues
Facing budget crunch, ATA foresees possible cuts in bus service, staff
Kansas City badly trails its peers when it comes to transit
Out
of the Box—Into the Streets
The Speech I Would Have Given
to the February 2 Emergency Meeting
by Bill Onasch
Transit in Kansas City Bucks National Trend
It’s Not About Transit
Light Rail Debate Is About Development—Of Profits
No Winners in Light Rail Vote
After the Fiasco What’s Next for Kansas City Transit?
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287
Ten Most Sprawl-Threatened Large Cities
(Population 1 Million or More)
1 Atlanta, GA
2 St. Louis, MO
3 Washington, D.C.
4 Cincinnati, OH
5 Kansas City, MO
6 Denver, CO
7 Seattle, WA
8 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
9 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10 Chicago, IL
There are three principal unions in the North American transit industry
Amalgamated Transit Union Transport Workers Union United Transportation Union
A few properties are represented by the Teamsters
And in Vancouver, B.C. transit workers are represented by:
CAW Local 111
Passenger Advocacy Groups
Los Angeles Bus Riders Union New York City Straphangers Transit Gazette
The transit bosses have a national organization, the American Public Transit Association
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Johnson County Transit
United States Bus Transit Systems with 200 or more Buses
Federal
Transit Administration
Some interesting miscellaneous sites:
The TTC celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the subway!
Internet
Transit Center (Horizon)
Subway
Navigator
The
Subway Page
London
Bus Page
London
Transport
New York City
Subway Resources
Magic
Paris
Paris Metro,
"RER", and Bus
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