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Kansas City Streetcar Authority

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Type: Transit authority — Not-for-profit formed to manage, operate and maintain the KC Streetcar and plan extensions; works with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, KCATA and the operations contractor Herzog Transit. Local funding comes from the Main Street Rail Transportation Development District.
Market · Region: United States · Missouri
Open tenders: 0
Technology areas: Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations

Runs the KC Streetcar; both extensions are open and the operations contract is going to market.

About this buyer

Manages the KC Streetcar, which now runs from the River Market to UMKC after the Main Street extension opened on 24 October 2025 and the Riverfront extension on 18 May 2026. It is reprocuring the operations and maintenance contract that expires on 30 April 2028, studying system capacity for a relocated Royals stadium with HDR, building a capital programme for the downtown guideway after rail defects in July 2026, and completed a NorthRail refresh study for a Missouri River crossing to North Kansas City in 2026.

Type: Transit authority — Not-for-profit formed to manage, operate and maintain the KC Streetcar and plan extensions; works with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, KCATA and the operations contractor Herzog Transit. Local funding comes from the Main Street Rail Transportation Development District.
Where: Missouri · Kansas City
Programmes: FTA Capital Investment Grants
Technology areas: Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations

Structure

funded by FTA — Capital Investment Grant MO-2021-001, Main Street extension (recipient: City of Kansas City) (active)
operated by Herzog — Operations and maintenance contractor for the KC Streetcar; contract expires 30 April 2028 and is being reprocured (active)

Contract detail and values (1)$100–500mIn the United States edition See a fully open example

Sources for these relationships (3)

● KC Streetcar: Kansas City Streetcar Authority page · Page: not-for-profit formed to manage, operate and maintain the streetcar and plan extensions; works with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, KCATA and the operations contractor Herzog Transit. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar Authority: Board meeting deck, 24 September 2026 · Board deck: O&M contract with Herzog Transit Services expires 30 April 2028; RFP planned October 2026, negotiations complete summer 2027, contract executed late 2027; system-wide capacity and reliability study with HDR support; contract security services to be reprocured spring 2027. (published 2026-09-24 · checked 2026-10-07)
● USAspending.gov: FTA grant MO-2021-001, City of Kansas City (KC Streetcar South Extension) · Federal award record: $174,059,270, CFDA 20.500 (Capital Investment Grants), 9 January 2021 to 31 December 2028, recipient City of Kansas City, titled KC Streetcar South Extension. (published 2021-01-09 · checked 2026-10-07)

Tenders

Tender	Status	Value band	Next key date
KC Streetcar Main Street extension	In execution	$100–500m

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Procurement structure
Published contacts (2)
Award history (3)
Entry path

Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example

8 sources · all primary

● KC Streetcar: Kansas City Streetcar Authority page · Page: not-for-profit formed to manage, operate and maintain the streetcar and plan extensions; works with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, KCATA and the operations contractor Herzog Transit. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar: NorthRail study page · Page: 2026 NorthRail Refresh Study evaluated a Missouri River crossing and stop locations for a streetcar extension from the River Market to North Kansas City; next step is securing funding for environmental clearance, design, construction and operations; no cost figure on the page. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar: Fall 2026 track work notice · Notice: track slab repairs in the River Market area under KC Streetcar's capital maintenance programme, downtown service replaced by buses 12 to 16 October 2026. (published 2026-09-30 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar Authority: Board meeting deck, 24 September 2026 · Board deck: O&M contract with Herzog Transit Services expires 30 April 2028; RFP planned October 2026, negotiations complete summer 2027, contract executed late 2027; system-wide capacity and reliability study with HDR support; contract security services to be reprocured spring 2027. (published 2026-09-24 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar Authority: Board meeting deck, 30 July 2026 · Board deck: elevated-rail repair of 18 July 2026 completed within 24 hours, data collection over 3 to 6 months to develop an ongoing capital programme for the downtown guideway; Midtown East-West RAISE grant of $4.5 million to KCATA; O&M reprocurement schedule. (published 2026-07-30 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar: Riverfront Extension page · Project page: opening 18 May 2026, groundbreaking 1 March 2024, over 8,300 feet of new track, 76 new overhead-line poles, one new traction power substation, Riverfront station and CPKC Pavilion in progress; partners are KCSA, KCATA, Port KC and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar: Riverfront Extension Grand Opening page · Page: grand opening ceremony Monday 18 May 2026, after which the Riverfront Extension opens for full passenger service between UMKC and the Riverfront. (published 2026-05-18 · checked 2026-10-07)
● KC Streetcar: Main Street Rail Transportation Development District · Page: voters approved the local funding for the Main Street extension to UMKC in spring 2018 through a special assessment and a one percent sales tax. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)

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