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Roughly aligns with the holyland, although not sure that'd be a good name for tourism purposes

So so frustrating. Definitely fewer than half my trips on Ventures, whether Hiawatha or elsewhere in the Midwest, have had those working properly

Phoebe Snow!

Ha, that's wild. I graduated HS in 1997 and that sort of thing definitely seemed like something from before my time.

Official or unofficial but tolerated?

I only mention the 30 because it seems like it's oddly overlooked when looking at improvements and such despite being the busiest toute

I wonder if MCTS or the county generally needs to have a specific plan, a specific ask, not just "more transit funding from the state" generally?

Seems like Route 30 should be included too, no?

Yep, should go for relatively small increases each year rather than holding steady as long as possible then jumping higher like this

Hmm, that'd be awfully hard to run with the existing equipment. One way runtime of 5:40. Would need very early first departure and very late last arrival.

Is that just NEC?

Definitely the case with KC as well. The state effectively controls KCPD, not the city, and requires the city spend a certain portion of its budget on PD. So KC isn't blameless but the problem lies more with Jefferson City instead.

Yep! We really need Midwest states, individually or as a group, to order more equipment. To expand capacity on existing trains and to be able to run more trains.