KANSAS CITY TRANSPORTATION
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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.
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



