by William Crum
Remember the days when streetcars were around. It was 50 years ago when they were removed. Today, they started again in Kansas City, Mo.
I can remember them as a young child, when my dad worked for Jack Borings Appliances on Troost Avenue. How I loved watching the streetcars go by while my mom and I visited my dad.
When I was 13 the streetcar lines were replaced by buses. For a number of years the issue of whether to bring the streetcars became a heated political issue. Kansas City is so spread out and people here are to driving their cars. On the other side of the coin is the gasoline prices – when will they go up? No one really know.
There were studies that if you ride a streetcar or bus you are more relaxed and when you get to work you’re more productive. It will be interesting to see how everything pans out regarding this issue.