At one point in time, Kansas City boasted a robust streetcar system containing 25 different lines at its peak that spanned throughout the entirety of the city. Today, that number stands at merely one line.   Though the Ride KC Streetcar line is appreciated and has recently...

  UMKC students and Kansas City residents are frequently riding on KC Streetcar’s Main Street Extension, saying it has made their everyday commutes and lives easier.   Following the opening of the extension in October 2025, streetcar ridership reached a record number...

A Kansas City Streetcar was hit by a box truck Saturday, Nov. 22 near UMKC's campus, according to the KC Streetcar Authority. The Kansas City Police Department said that they were called by a Ride KC supervisor at about 11:20 a.m. regarding an injury crash involving an SUV,...

  Kansas City’s long-awaited streetcar extension project is set to be unveiled to the public on Friday, Oct. 24, allowing riders to now travel a total of 6 miles from the River Market to UMKC’s Volker campus.     The added extension of the route has been in...

Road closures near UMKC are in full swing this week for the long-awaited streetcar expansion. Construction has caused a closure on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Brookside to Oak Street. Detour routes are set up on Emmanual Cleaver II Boulevard and 51st Street. The...