Light Rail for Kansas City

I thought this was an effective short video on the role that light rail can play in shaping a city. It works well without any narration. More about the video below.

Imagine KC from Arnold Imaging on Vimeo.

I received the following information from Jonathan Arnold whose firm produced the video:

"The video was produced for a community outreach program called Imagine KC where residents had town hall meetings to discuss what they wanted Kansas City to look like in 20 years. The overwhelming concensus was they wanted Kansas City to be vibrant, green, and connected.

The 3 minute piece was a visualization of what that could look like in KC. It was very well received both here in Kansas City and across the country (via the web) as it not only showed the technical aspects, but conveyed emotion and the increased human interaction that TOD offers.

The current status of LRT in Kansas City is that there are three proposed routes using various technologies. Time will tell which one wins out, but it looks like some form of rail based transit will be built here."