KC Streetcar’s Lessons from Robert Moses

Matthew Staub (@staubio)Streetcar Neighbors

Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance

#KCstreetcar• 2 miles• Connects 3 key

downtown neighborhoods

• Funded by TDD• Open 2015

Exhibit complete power

Only bother with insiders

Establish air of inevitability

Use your institutional advantages

Build the pieces

Stay focused on vision

Have an ego

A couple of slight differences

• Be on the right side of history• Be the Jane Jacobs, not the anti-Jane Jacobs• Leave your city better off

Thanks!