Kansas City area bus stop named one of America's sorriest | Kansas City Pitch

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Kansas City "advanced" to the finals of a Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament sponsored by a news site that covers transportation and livable communities.

The site, Streetsblog, asked readers to submit "forlorn bus stops to call attention to the daily indignities and dangers that bus riders have to put up with." A stretch of the Blue Ridge Cutoff near the Truman Sports Complex was nominated by Streetsblog reader Brian Curran, who included this summary of his experience:

On top of being next to what’s effectively a highway, the stop is very poorly lit and next to impossible to find after a game (or for any other reason, with the lack of a sign). The nearest crosswalk is up at East Red Coat Drive. Coming to a game on the bus in the other direction, police had to stop traffic so my family could cross the 4+ lanes of cars, and then we had to walk across a giant parking lot and a few grassy areas to get to the stadium.

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MoBikeFed comment: The Kaufmann Stadium bus stop ended up as runner-up on the nationwide competition. So not the worst in the nation--but almost.

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