On a recent Monday afternoon in March, I walked a couple blocks from the streetcar to hop the 229 bus from downtown Kansas City, at Petticoat Lane and 11th Avenue, heading to the Departures curb at the Kansas City International Airport.
Now, I consider myself a connoisseur of public transit to the airport: I’ve taken the bus or a train to catch planes in five different countries and at least a dozen U.S. cities. And I’ve ridden the 229 to or from MCI at least a half-dozen times.
Over that time, I’ve landed on three main criteria to judge these airport transit routes: Does it run frequently? Is it (relatively) fast? Is it reliable?…