The Metro Area Express ( MAX ) is an express bus service with bus rapid transit characteristics run by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri , United States .
6-583: Its first line, on Main Street , was first operated on July 24, 2005; the second line, on Troost Avenue, opened on January 1, 2011; and the third line, on Prospect Avenue, opened on December 9, 2019. MAX operates traditional bus service and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). MAX features dedicated lanes and special traffic signalization. The Main Street MAX mostly runs along Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The line
12-697: A possible extension to Bannister and Drury. Cerner is redeveloping the old Bannister Mall site into an office park. The line began service on December 9, 2019. Main Street (Kansas City) Main Street or Main is one of the major streets in Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area . Main Street serves as the main administrative dividing line for house numbering and east–west streets in Kansas City; for example, it separates East 59th Street from West 59th Street. Address numbers on east–west streets increase in both directions as one moves away from Main Street. This should not be confused with
18-589: Is predominantly commercial and mixed-use, connecting the Financial District, Kansas City Power & Light District , and Crossroads downtown with Union Hill , Westport , and the Plaza Area in midtown. It continues north as Delaware Street into the Kansas City River Market at its northern terminus and as Brookside Boulevard into Brookside at its southern terminus. Main Street continues south of
24-560: The Kansas City " East Side " and "West Side," a cultural distinction which has arisen from a history of racist segregation in the city, separated by Troost Avenue approximately 1 mile east of Main Street. The main portion of Main Street is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) long, traveling south from 6th Street in Downtown Kansas City to 47th Street / Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard at the Country Club Plaza . This section of Main Street
30-679: The Plaza for 4.5 miles (7.2 km), mostly through residential neighborhoods, from 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from Ward Parkway to 85th Street. It is noncontinuous at 59th Street, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of Ward Parkway, where it is interrupted by Brookside Boulevard. These portions service the South Plaza, Brookside, Armour Hills , and Waldo neighborhoods. Two noncontinuous minor stubs are also designated as Main Street. From north to south, they run: A final 300 feet (91 m) section of Main Street also exists between 164th Terrace and 165th Street in
36-1009: Was inaugurated on July 24, 2005. It runs from City Market in Downtown Kansas City, MO to the Waldo neighborhood. It is slated to be replaced in the future by an extension of the KC Streetcar . The Troost Avenue MAX runs mostly on Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The line launched on January 1, 2011. It runs from Barney Allis Plaza located in Downtown Kansas City Missouri to 3-Trails Transit Center in Ruskin Heights, with two of every three runs short turning at 75th Street. The Prospect Avenue MAX runs mostly on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The line runs from Barney Allis Plaza in Downtown KCMO to 75th and Prospect with
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