01 PROMPT A great city should have a great public transit system that is socially, ecologically, economically, and culturally sustainable. It should connect the citizens well and promote a multi-modal mass transit system. It should be efficient – fast, reliable, of high capacity capability, and efficient energy use. It should be cheaper to use and economical to operate. It should be clean, safe, accessible and navigable. Such transit facilities revive neighborhood life and become hubs for play, work, learn, grow, create, shop, and eat. They also become an icon of or gateway for the neighborhood. They are places to represent the history and culture of the area. They can be designed to be pleasing and exciting places. As a major US city straddling two states, Kansas City could certainly benefit from such an efficient mass transit system, like a Metro Rail System, for its socio-economic development. It could be a collaboration between the City of KCMO, City of KCKS, and other jurisdictions in the KC metropolitan area, managed by Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA). In this Studio, you will design a Subway Rail Station, which will be a part of a network of Metro Rail System for Kansas City. You will team up with a peer student to work on this design problem. You will select an area/neighborhood in Kansas City to locate a subway station. Through research, you should demonstrate that the selected area benefits from having a mass transit facility located in the neighborhood. You will integrate these locations/sites into a hypothetical transit network (routes and station locations) for the entire KC Metro System. - Kapila Silva
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