Much of south Kansas City, Missouri, and its neighborhoods north of the Missouri River are transit deserts. City council members who represent those areas are focused on improving transit. But without more regional funding, it’ll be a struggle just to keep the few bus lines that already exist.

The Northland is one of the fastest-growing parts of Kansas City. But most of the neighborhoods in the north part of Kansas City don’t have access to a bus route. And those that do are few and far between.

It’s the same in south Kansas City, where the bus lines get more sparse the farther south you go.

Kansas City is long. With about 320 square miles, suburban areas inside the city limits aren’t able to easily get around with public transit. Bus service in these areas more closely resembles that i

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