Time to Face Facts

• The Kansas City region's labor force loses $570 million in productivity each year while sitting in traffic.
  
  
• In the metro area, 12 percent of adults don't own a car.
  
  
• Rush-hour congestion more than tripled on the region's roadways between 1983 and 2003.
  
  
• Based on current travel trends, in 10 years the region will need 8 more square miles of parking, 275 more freeway lane miles, and 1,900 more lane miles of other roads to keep up with growth.
  
  
• People ages 65 and over will increase by 72 percent in the next decade and must maintain access to community services.
  
  
• Current transit service only meets less than half the demand for transportation for people with disabilities.