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De Soto, KS

A $4B battery plant opened beside a 2019-era traffic picture.

Growth market
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Summary

MetroKansas City
RailroadsBNSF
Open at-grade crossings24
Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade3,687
Busiest crossing in the modelGardner Rd (005814L): 340 vehicles/day, 4 trains/day
Growth driverPanasonic $4B EV battery plant (opened 2025)
Data sourceFRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026

Blockage scenario

Time
$3,815
180 person-hours a year
Trade
1
truck-hours a year, worth $42 in driver time
Pollution
0.3 t
CO₂ from 30 gallons idled, like 0.1 cars for a year

Example scenario. Traffic counts predate the battery plant and are likely understated.

Blockages modeled per crossing per year156
Vehicles stopped by one blockage6
Trucks stopped by one blockage0
Person-hours lost per year180
Value of lost time per year$3,815
Truck-hours idled per year1
Gallons of fuel idled per year30
CO₂ per year (metric tons)0.3

Screening estimate. Each selected crossing is blocked for the set time; drivers wait half of it on average. Method and sources

Crossings in the model

CrossingUSDOT IDVehicles/dayCount yearTrains/dayTrucks
005814L340201941%
005818N245201941%

Uncheck a crossing to remove it from the scenario. "~" truck shares use the city's traffic-weighted average where the inventory reports none.

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