Speaking of Design   /     Kansas City, Here We Come! Hop Aboard the KC Streetcar

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The people of Kansas City love the new KC Streetcar, and you’ll find the vehicles packed on a beautiful summer day. But the idea of building a modern streetcar faced questions and doubts from business owners and residents in a city without rail transit since the 1950s. To get the concept on the rails, the project team played had to educate, listen and collaborate to design a streetcar the community would support. The result? Today, many of those initial skeptics are singing its praises — in some cases literally.

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The people of Kansas City love the new KC Streetcar, and you’ll find the vehicles packed on a beautiful summer day. But the idea of building a modern streetcar faced questions and doubts from business owners and residents in a city without rail trans...
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0:33:17
Publishing date
2017-06-16 19:43
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https://www.blubrry.com/speakingofdesign/24540839/kansas-city-here-we-come-hop-aboard-the-kc-streetcar/
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