David Johnson, KC Streetcar Authority Board Member

David Johnson, Board Member with the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, joins the CT Podcast to discuss the campaign to finance and build a two-mile modern streetcar line connecting KC's River Market area with the Central Business District and its burgeoning arts district. A true public-private partnership, the fare-free system hopes to move more than 2,700 daily riders once construction is complete in 2015. Johnson, who blogs on the issue here, knows that a more vibrant community with additional street traffic is one key outcome from the proposed streetcar's arrival.

Listen here (20:47)