David Johnson
@davekcmo.bsky.social
Transit professional at TransPro Consulting. Streetcar district (TDD) treasurer. Immediate Past Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance. Crossroads resident. Opinions mine. 🏳️🌈
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David Johnson
@davekcmo.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Proud to have received KCRTA’s Transit Advocate of the Year award this week! Our work on regional fu sing and streetcar is having an impact, despite recent setbacks!
#KCStreetcar opening weekend success! 🥰
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#KCStreetcar opening weekend success! 🥰
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Great to run into @davekcmo.bsky.social today! I first met him in 2012 talking about getting a @kcstreetcar.org at a First Friday event. What a ride it has been.
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great to run into @davekcmo.bsky.social today! I first met him in 2012 talking about getting a @kcstreetcar.org at a First Friday event. What a ride it has been.
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Months of community effort to preserve Leawood’s old City Hall didn’t come to fruition as the City Council leaned toward demolishing the site.
Despite residents’ pleas to save old City Hall, Leawood moves toward demolition
Months of community effort to preserve Leawood’s old City Hall didn’t come to fruition as the City Council leaned toward demolishing the site.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Months of community effort to preserve Leawood’s old City Hall didn’t come to fruition as the City Council leaned toward demolishing the site.
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Our immediate past chair @davekcmo.bsky.social served on a panel about transportation for KC Tomorrow this morning!
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Our immediate past chair @davekcmo.bsky.social served on a panel about transportation for KC Tomorrow this morning!
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Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.
Voters across the Kansas City metro support a sales tax for better bus service, new poll finds
A new poll from the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance found that voters in four counties across the metro would support a regional sales tax dedicated to bus service, even as soon as next year.
www.kcur.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance Vice Chair Michael Kelley says the poll shows that people across the metro will support public transit if their local governments invest in it, especially at a time when the state and federal governments are pulling back transit funding.
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🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨ADVOCACY ALERT!🚨 KCRTA polling shows majority voter support for transit funding across the Kansas City region! 🧵 1 of 4:
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Gilbert Baker, born in Chanute, Kansas, in 1951, designed the rainbow flag that's now flown all over the world to signify support for LGBTQ equality and pride.
But he left Kansas as soon as he could. (From 2020) https://loom.ly/Me9ZMd0
But he left Kansas as soon as he could. (From 2020) https://loom.ly/Me9ZMd0
Rainbow flag's creator didn't celebrate his home state, but Kansans keep his memory alive
Gilbert Baker left Kansas as soon as he could. But, as many around the world celebrate LGBTQ pride month, it's worth noting that Kansas also struggled to hold the flag creator dear.
www.kcur.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Gilbert Baker, born in Chanute, Kansas, in 1951, designed the rainbow flag that's now flown all over the world to signify support for LGBTQ equality and pride.
But he left Kansas as soon as he could. (From 2020) https://loom.ly/Me9ZMd0
But he left Kansas as soon as he could. (From 2020) https://loom.ly/Me9ZMd0
Test ride on the @kcstreetcar.org Main Street Extension today!
May 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Test ride on the @kcstreetcar.org Main Street Extension today!
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Deep cuts to bus and rail services loom across big cities, small towns | via Kevin Hardy #ksleg
Deep cuts to bus and rail services loom across big cities, small towns • Kansas Reflector
From huge urban areas to small rural routes, the financial future of public transit is in doubt
kansasreflector.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Deep cuts to bus and rail services loom across big cities, small towns | via Kevin Hardy #ksleg
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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Big demonstration today at City Hall KCMO about protecting funds for bus service. I approve.
March 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Big demonstration today at City Hall KCMO about protecting funds for bus service. I approve.
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"I want to begin this outdoor dining experience by acknowledging that we are on land that once belonged to a Jeep Cherokee"
somebody on here said removing parking minimums is colonialist. Bluesky juice confirmed
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"I want to begin this outdoor dining experience by acknowledging that we are on land that once belonged to a Jeep Cherokee"
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Quite a take: “Long-distance trains will disappear. State-sponsored routes will continue in some form, so long as the states pick up the tab. And the Northeast Corridor will be raffled off to the highest private bidder.” www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
CEO’s dismissal signals the beginning of the end for Amtrak: Analysis - Trains
Nothing good will come from Wednesday’s dismissal of Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner, who was pushed out as part of the White House’s purge of officials who are not deemed loyal to President Donald Trump. ...
www.trains.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Quite a take: “Long-distance trains will disappear. State-sponsored routes will continue in some form, so long as the states pick up the tab. And the Northeast Corridor will be raffled off to the highest private bidder.” www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...
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NEW: Passengers will lose nearly half of Kansas City’s bus routes if the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s budget cuts go into effect.
And they would also lose the rideshare service IRIS, which fills holes in the bus system.
And they would also lose the rideshare service IRIS, which fills holes in the bus system.
Kansas City's rideshare helps people travel where buses don't. Budget cuts may end both
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's proposal to cut bus routes would also defund IRIS, a rideshare service intended to fill the city’s transportation gaps. For people without cars, that wo...
www.kcur.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW: Passengers will lose nearly half of Kansas City’s bus routes if the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s budget cuts go into effect.
And they would also lose the rideshare service IRIS, which fills holes in the bus system.
And they would also lose the rideshare service IRIS, which fills holes in the bus system.
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KCRTA provided some strong comments to Savannah for this @kcur.org report. This is a critical issue and a critical moment in our history as a region.
Good work to @joshboehm.xyz and @davekcmo.bsky.social!
Good work to @joshboehm.xyz and @davekcmo.bsky.social!
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has struggled for years to provide fast and frequent bus service.
Many suburbs have pulled their funding, which resulted in route cuts, and a feud between Kansas City leaders and the agency may result in even more.
www.kcur.org/housing-deve...
Many suburbs have pulled their funding, which resulted in route cuts, and a feud between Kansas City leaders and the agency may result in even more.
www.kcur.org/housing-deve...
Kansas City could be on a fast track to slower buses and a stunted economy
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has struggled for years to provide fast and frequent bus service. Many suburbs have pulled their funding, which resulted in route cuts, and a feud between...
www.kcur.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
KCRTA provided some strong comments to Savannah for this @kcur.org report. This is a critical issue and a critical moment in our history as a region.
Good work to @joshboehm.xyz and @davekcmo.bsky.social!
Good work to @joshboehm.xyz and @davekcmo.bsky.social!
This week in transit…
February 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This week in transit…
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A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off
Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...
www.kcur.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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Passenger rail through our community is not just our past, but also our future. Honored to visit with Amtrak today to discuss better service to connect Missourians and ultimately building out a commuter system for KC that connects you from Lee’s Summit to Topeka and north and south!
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Passenger rail through our community is not just our past, but also our future. Honored to visit with Amtrak today to discuss better service to connect Missourians and ultimately building out a commuter system for KC that connects you from Lee’s Summit to Topeka and north and south!
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
Tear it down.
The “Reconnecting the Westside” project team is hosting a kick-off meeting, of sorts, to discuss what to do with I-35. The highway devastated the neighborhood, intentionally removing ~120 acres and 1,500 homes from the historic working-class Mexican neighborhood.
Totally packed house!
Totally packed house!
January 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Tear it down.
Brightline from West Palm Beach to Orlando! 🚉
January 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Brightline from West Palm Beach to Orlando! 🚉
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Bus drivers for KCATA will be protesting at KCATA to bring back our bus routes that have had to go away due to costs being too high to keep those buses. Thank you, drivers, for sticking up for us!
January 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bus drivers for KCATA will be protesting at KCATA to bring back our bus routes that have had to go away due to costs being too high to keep those buses. Thank you, drivers, for sticking up for us!
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“Having a fully funded transit system is so essential to our city.”
@atucomms.bsky.social Local 1287 President Nic Miller says route cuts wouldn’t just affect union and non-union KCATA employees, but also the 60% of local bus riders who depend on public transit to get to work.
@atucomms.bsky.social Local 1287 President Nic Miller says route cuts wouldn’t just affect union and non-union KCATA employees, but also the 60% of local bus riders who depend on public transit to get to work.
January 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“Having a fully funded transit system is so essential to our city.”
@atucomms.bsky.social Local 1287 President Nic Miller says route cuts wouldn’t just affect union and non-union KCATA employees, but also the 60% of local bus riders who depend on public transit to get to work.
@atucomms.bsky.social Local 1287 President Nic Miller says route cuts wouldn’t just affect union and non-union KCATA employees, but also the 60% of local bus riders who depend on public transit to get to work.