After more than five years of free buses in Kansas City, fares will return to RideKC. Soon, most of the system’s 12.2 million riders each year will have to open their wallets to ride. This came after months of contract negotiations between KCATA and the City of Kansas City, with KCATA threatening to cut nearly half of its routes as costs rose without the city contributing more funding. In 2020, Kansas City became the first major metropolitan city in the U.S. to eliminate fares, earning recogniti