transportation

South-central Kansas has been missing from Amtrak's map for decades. President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure plan could bring passenger service back to the region.

Kansas City was one of the stops for Big Boy, the world's largest operating steam locomotive and the train has rolled into Union Station twice during the past few weeks. Photographer Steve Wilson captured the train with a 19th-Century photographic process used to document the American Civil War.

A plan passed Thursday by the Kansas City Council requires utilities to do a better job fixing streets after underground work and mandates better coordination between the city and utilities.

The website LawnStarter ranked the 150 biggest cities in the U.S. on metrics including walkability, average commute times and pedestrian safety. Overland Park came in 144th and Kansas City ranked 135th.

An infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate has billions of dollars for Kansas and Missouri roads, bridges, electric vehicles and high-speed internet, but passage is far from certain.

Rural Kansans stand to save a lot of money by switching to an electric car or truck. But availability, policy and infrastructure roadblocks could get in the way.

Year-to-date, fatalities have increased by 40% in 2021, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The Overland Park City Council voted 10-2 on Monday to approve a joint proposal with the Kansas Department of Transportation to build express toll lanes going both directions on a busy stretch of U.S. 69 Highway.

Traffic jams have plagued U.S. Highway 69 in Overland Park for decades. Now, the Kansas Department of Transportation proposes adding express lanes, with drivers paying a toll for access to the faster route.

Transit officials say they'll return to full capacity starting June 1, after more than a year of taking half their normal riders. But you'll still have to mask-up.

The passenger rail service may eventually come to Wichita and offer service south to Oklahoma.

The luxury private jets built in Wichita are coming to an end, but only after establishing a market selling an exclusive form of travel to the wealthy.