Kansas City and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority finalized a contract today, after months of fraught negotiations. The city’s bus service will continue without any cuts.

Bus service will continue with no changes in Kansas City after the city council and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority finalized a new contract.

This puts an end to the months of conflict between the city council and KCATA since the last contract expired at the end of April. Earlier this month , KCATA leaders said the agency would have to make cuts or stop bus service in the city entirely. Without a contract, the agency hadn’t received any money from Kansas City in months and was drawing on its reserves.

Mayor Quinton Lucas said the city and KCATA will continue working together on a long-term

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