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A Free Streetcar Counted by Infrared

Revision 2026-08-19-baseline · effective 2026-08-19

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-20-source-dates →

unreviewed

Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 5 claims and 4 source dossiers.

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Change set

  • add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
  • add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.
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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-60e19b3f6a468fc2 quantitative
The KC Streetcar has been free to ride since it began service on 6 May 2016
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The operator's ridership page dates the start of service to 6 May 2016 and counts ridership from that date; KCUR confirms the line is free to ride.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KC Streetcar — Ridership
  2. KCUR — KC Streetcar opens extension to UMKC, and you can ride for free
Claim 2 clm-589c9996db5b6fa2 descriptive
Automated Passenger Counters (APC) located over each door of each streetcar vehicle, registering passengers as they board and exit
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The operator describes exactly this: automated passenger counters located over each door of each streetcar vehicle, counting passengers as they board and exit.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KC Streetcar — Ridership
Claim 3 clm-24ddd7ac59ea9204 descriptive
the ridership data is downloaded and reviewed daily by a third-party for accuracy, using the same methodology utilized for transit services regionally
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Quoted from the operator's ridership page; the same page describes manual verification taking place roughly twice a year.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KC Streetcar — Ridership
Claim 4 clm-edc6332c621342ac descriptive
the city owns the line, a not-for-profit Kansas City Streetcar Authority manages and operates it, and a Transportation Development District levied on downtown property owners covers operations and maintenance
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The authority describes itself as a not-for-profit formed to manage, operate and maintain the streetcar for the city, which owns it; the TDD page states that the district covers the cost of ongoing operations and maintenance and is funded by property owners within the district.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KC Streetcar — Kansas City Streetcar Authority
  2. KC Streetcar — Transportation Development District
Claim 5 clm-62b645dc662c48b4 quantitative
the Main Street extension to the University of Missouri-Kansas City, which opened on 24 October 2025 at a cost of about $352 million in combined federal and local funding
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
KCUR reports the extension to UMKC opening in October 2025 and a cost of $352 million paid for with a combination of federal and local funding.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. KCUR — KC Streetcar opens extension to UMKC, and you can ride for free

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-19-baseline effective 2026-08-19 · created 2026-08-19

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Kansas City Streetcar Authority, a not-for-profit, for the City of Kansas City and the Downtown Transportation Development District; operations contractor Herzog Transit
Actor types
city-government, national-government, private
Funding model
mixed
Funding description
Capital from federal and local sources; operations and maintenance from a Transportation Development District levied on downtown property owners
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

4 source dossiers

KC Streetcar — Ridership kcstreetcar.org · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-90735f9b31e9436b
Publisher
Name not classified · kcstreetcar.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-19
Dossier created
2026-08-19
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
KC Streetcar — Kansas City Streetcar Authority kcstreetcar.org · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-e26d38d1d4bb8801
Publisher
Name not classified · kcstreetcar.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-19
Dossier created
2026-08-19
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
KC Streetcar — Transportation Development District kcstreetcar.org · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-d9c1fa6e788bbb76
Publisher
Name not classified · kcstreetcar.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-19
Dossier created
2026-08-19
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
KCUR — KC Streetcar opens extension to UMKC, and you can ride for free kcur.org · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-6480e34f4adf0ad0
Publisher
Name not classified · kcur.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-19
Dossier created
2026-08-19
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.