The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.
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Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
Travelers should be cautious, especially along major highways like Interstate 90 and 35, as conditions could remain hazardous.
In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.
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