Streetcars Aren’t Good Economics or Transit
Back in October 2013, Kansas City Councilman Russ Johnson said that the whole point of streetcars was to spur economic development, not transportation....
Taxing a Population: Saint Louis and Kansas City’s Earnings Tax Draw People Away
The city of Kansas City grew in population by 4 percent between 2000 and 2010, but the population of its...
Show-Me Now! Kansas City’s Hail Mary Pass?
Patrick Tuohey notes an effort in Kansas City to bring the Super Bowl to town, but is it worth it?...
Is the Super Bowl a Super Boost for Local Economies?
The Kansas City Star published an article reporting on the creation of a task force whose goal is to bring the Super Bowl...
Will Regulations Keep Uber Out of Columbia?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently reported that Uber is considering expanding its service to Columbia, Missouri. While Uber’s entrance could...
Of Super Bowls and Economics
Following the passage of a resolution in the state legislature, the Missouri Department of Economic Development has convened a Super...
Local Road Funding in Missouri
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) growing funding problem has put the issue of state highway funding on the center...
The Pension Problem Non-Teaching Personnel Pose
In a recent post, Education Policy Research Assistant Brittany Wagner discussed a new study examining the large growth in non-teaching personnel in schools....
The Future of Transit
My colleague Joe Miller just wrote a piece asking if Kansas City really needs rail transit at all, as many...
Does Kansas City Need Rail Transit?
After downtown voters rejected a taxing district for the expansion of Kansas City’s streetcar, rail proponents are looking for a...
Kansas City Transit: Light Rail Never Sleeps
Because voters in downtown Kansas City rejected a plan for a streetcar expansion, Kansas Citians might have hoped for a...
Streetcar Fever: Is it Now Or Never To Expand The Kansas City Streetcar?
Following the defeat of their expansion plan in Kansas City, today, streetcar proponents are wondering aloud about how to move...
That Burns & McDonnell TIF And Vandalism
Earlier this year, the Kansas City Council voted to use tax dollars to subsidize a project for Burns & McDonnell,...
Nix The NIDs
A variety of innocuous-sounding names and acronyms are springing up like weeds in communities all over Missouri. They are a...
Kansas City Streetcar District Fails To Win Support
On Aug. 5, voters in downtown Kansas City rejected a Transportation Development District (TDD) that would have funded a half billion...
The Kansas City Streetcar Expansion: Policy Breakdown
Voters in a section of Kansas City will go to the polls on Aug. 5 to decide whether the city should...
Amendment 7: The Tax That Keeps On Taxing
According to current projections, the proposed Missouri Amendment 7, or 0.75-cent transportation sales tax, would raise $5.4 billion for roads,...
Are Missouri’s Highways And Bridges Crumbling?
Supporters of Amendment 7, the proposed 0.75-cent transportation sales tax, have increasingly begun to argue that Missouri’s roads and bridges...
Show-Me Now! KCI New Terminal: A Flight Of Fancy?
Should Kansas City tear down its existing terminal and build a new one? Proponents of the $1.2 billion plan think...
The Report The Airport Advisory Group Doesn’t Want You To See
Granted, that is a cliché title, but we can defend it. Twice, Show-Me Institute staff reached out to the Kansas City...
