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KANSAS CITY



 


KANSAS CITY TRANSPORTATION



AIR

 

Kansas City International Airport (KCI) is a regional size airport with very good service to Denver, Dallas, St. Louis and Chicago. Car Rentals: Ace, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National and Thrifty.  The most direct route to Downtown when you leave the airport is I-29 freeway, which connects to I-35 freeway, then take Independence Ave, west. Taxis: Catch a taxi downtown for ~$35 from the baggage claim level of each terminal.

TRAINS

 

Union Station is at 30 West Pershing Road. It hosts 2 daily round trip trains for this long route:

 

Amtrak Missouri: Kansas City-Jefferson City-St. Louis-Springfield-Chicago

 

Kansas City Union Station

 

Milwaukee-Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City is a U.S. High Speed Rail Corridor receiving construction funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation. For more context on this subject, see this important article about Interstate High Speed Rail.

 

TRANSIT


This car happy region is finally waking up to the need for light rail and rapid bus transit. Both modes of transit are under construction.

 

Kansas City Freeway System makes ample use of its prairie space with one of nation's most extensive and modern freeway systems. It is designed to get you quickly to Downtown, the airport and several smaller business centers throughout the region. Freeway drivers here tend to be some of the most courteous in the nation. Nevertheless, freeways radiating from downtown and the airport are often clogged during rush hour.  Freeway and major boulevard names are:

  29    Interstate from Omaha to Kansas City
  35    Interstate from Des Moines to Kansas City to Dallas
  69    US Route through KC, Kansas and points south to Overland Park
  70    Interstate from St. Louis to Kansas City to Denver
  71    US Route connects Downtown points south
169    US Route from north to downtown Kansas City
435    Interstate beltway around greater Kansas City
470    Interstate connector between I-70 and US 71 in southwest KC
635    Interstate connector between I-29 and I-35
670    Interstate cross-downtown connector to I-70 and I-35

 

 




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