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Kansas City, MO

Four Class I railroads meet in a metro that keeps growing.

Growth market
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Summary

MetroKansas City
RailroadsBNSF · UP · CPKC (KCS) · NS · KCT
Open at-grade crossings148
Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade220,230
Busiest crossing in the modelE Front St (329709G): 15,651 vehicles/day, 2 trains/day
Growth driverRoyals ballpark proposed at Crown Center (2030 target)
Data sourceFRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Many KC crossings have old traffic counts (some from 1982) or list no trains. The model uses crossings with current counts.

Blockage scenario

Time
$185K
7,950 person-hours a year
Trade
1,200
truck-hours a year, worth $43K in driver time
Pollution
20 t
CO₂ from 2,070 gallons idled, like 4.3 cars for a year

Example scenario. No blockage reports have been compiled for this city yet.

Blockages modeled per crossing per year156
Vehicles stopped by one blockage289
Trucks stopped by one blockage62
Person-hours lost per year7,950
Value of lost time per year$185K
Truck-hours idled per year1,200
Gallons of fuel idled per year2,070
CO₂ per year (metric tons)20

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
329709G15,6512023230%
663532J12,12020232810%

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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