Kansas City and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority finalized a contract today, after months of fraught negotiations. The city’s bus service will continue without any cuts, but fares will be reinstated.

Bus service will continue in Kansas City, with the addition of fares for most riders, after the city council and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority finalized a new contract.

This puts an end to the months of conflict between the city council and KCATA since the last contract expired at the end of April. Earlier this month , KCATA leaders said the agency would have to make cuts or stop bus service in the city entirely. Without a contract, the agency hadn’t received any money from Kansas City in months and was drawing on its reserves.

Both the city council and the

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