Question #1 on the April 8, 2008, ballot
(Current tax expires March 31, 2009)
Shall the City of Kansas City continue a city sales tax for the purposes of developing, operating, maintaining, equipping and improving a bus transit system by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for Kansas City, Missouri, as authorized by Section 94.605 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri at a rate of 3/8% for a period of 15 years?
Keep Our Buses Rolling
Buses Work for Working People!
Continuation of 3/8-cent sales tax for bus service critical to the lives of thousands of Kansas Citians
No new taxes are required
Modern, dependable bus service is an important part of a comprehensive transportation plan, and helps guarantee economic opportunity and growth, cultural vitality, and varied choices of places to live, work, shop, learn, worship and play.
Kansas City families make more than 15 million trips (including transfers on single trips) on 65 routes, and travel nearly 11 million miles per year on our Metro buses.
Who takes the bus?
- Working people
many with multiple jobs, including night shifts - Students
going to high school, trade school and college - Job seekers
who need bus-accessible employment - Elderly citizens
traveling to the store, the pharmacy, the doctor's
79% of Metro riders are employed
46% of Metro riders have no other form of transportation
Continued bus service is critical for Kansas City's economy