Metropolitan Kansas City's
Long-Range Transportation Plan

FEATURES OF CORRIDORS

Transportation corridors will enable residents, workers and shoppers to travel easily between activity centers. They will include some, or all, of the following characteristics:

  • Accommodations for different modes of transportation
  • Easy flow of people and goods between places
  • An extension of vibrant places with mixed uses
  • Connections to housing, employment centers, green spaces and natural areas
  • Smooth transitions to surrounding neighborhoods
Example of multimodal transportation corridor

Connected Transportation Corridors

In metros like Kansas City, which grew up with the automobile, few activity centers stand alone. Most are connected along arterial streets. By creating a series of higher-intensity centers along these arterials, they begin to form the basis for a high-capacity transit system that provides a real alternative to the automobile. Such a system benefits the community through less traffic congestion and better air quality, and it allows some households to own fewer cars. This enables residents to significantly reduce their transportation costs.

MARC and its transit and local government partners have identified six corridors that are the highest priority for the region to develop as the backbone of this transit system: