The Kansas City streetcar line extension ran straight into its first real stress test this past weekend. It didn’t pass.
Saturday’s No Kings protest — the third so far — was also the first since the streetcar line pushed south to the Country Club Plaza last October. Thousands of people showed up and marched along a short route that funneled into Mill Creek Park, just steps from the streetcar’s Plaza stop.
For some riders, the trouble started before they even reached the protest…