From Rallys Outside of KCATA Headquarters to Demonstrations at Jackson County Legislature, Community Members Make Their Demands Clear: Fund Buses, Build a Transit System

Photo of Sunrise Movement Rally outside City Hall with a banner that reads “Better Buses for Kansas City” (Defender Photo/Lynnie Holl) Kansas City, MO – Today is the deadline for Legislators to put bus funding on the April Ballot. If bus funding is not included in the General Municipal Election Ballot for April 8, then KCATA faces a budget shortfall that could result in a 33% cut in services and loss of jobs. Amid the legislative process, Local organizations and community leaders remain persistent in their demands for a safe and reliable transit system.  Last week, over 100 low-wage workers, bus riders and drivers came together to protest major cuts to bus routes and union jobs that are being considered by the city government. Bus riders and community members with Stand Up KC joined Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1287 members and Sunrise Movement KC outside of the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) headquarters to protest a lack of funding from KCMO City Council. Bus riders and transit union workers rally outside of KCATA headquarters holding signs that read “Clean Safe Reliable Transit” and Our Transit. Our Freedom. Our Future” (Defender Photo/Lynnie Holl) “Our public transportation system is a...