RideKC: Over 70,000 Chiefs fans used shuttle buses to participate in Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade
This was a significant increase in the number of people using the service in 2020.
Updated: 2:25 PM CST February 22, 2023
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UNION STATION. WELL ARROWHEAD CAR PARKS AS WE KNOW CAN BE MANY TO NAVIGATE. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOW INTO DOWNTOWN TO CELEBRATE THE SUPER BOWL, THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS, OF COURSE, AT KABC. CUTE. AND JOIN US RIGHT NOW WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION, TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN. ANDY. YES. AND LAURA, THIS CAR PARK BEHIND ME NOT LONG AGO WAS COMPLETELY FULL. TAKE A LOOK NOW AND YOU MAY SEE IT’S EMPTY, ALMOST ALL THE FANS WHO HAVE PARKED HERE HAVE GONE HOME. NOW, THEY WENT OUT HERE EARLIER TODAY TO TAKE A SHUTTLE INSTEAD OF RISKING PARKING DOWNTOWN. WE SAW WHAT THE FANS TOLD US IT WAS A VERY NEAT AND EFFICIENT PROCESS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 90 TO 100 SCHOOL BUSES FROM THE FIRST STUDENT WHICH TAKE THE FANS TO THE PARTY AT UNION STATION AND THEN BACK AGAIN. NOW, THAT SAME PROCESS WAS HAPPENING AT THE OLD PARK MALL IN OVERLAND PARK. WE WERE TOLD THAT AT THE LAST CHIEF CELEBRATES IN 2020, ABOUT 20,000 FANS TOOK THE SHUTTLE THIS YEAR. THEY EXPECTED MORE FANS GETTING ON A SHUTTLE, WALKING DISTANCE DOWN. THE CROWD GROWS AS YOU ARRIVE, I GET A LITTLE STRONGER, JUST LIKE JUST LIKE I DID ON SUNDAY EVENING. AND THEN ON THE RETURN, EVERYONE STILL EXCITED. WE DON’T CARE. WE JUST DON’T GO THERE TO CELEBRATE, Man. THE DYNASTY CONTINUES WHEN WE CAME NOW. SO NOW WE ARE OFFICIALLY. AND, OF COURSE, NOT EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY SMOOTH FOR EVERYONE. Coming in tonight at six, we’re hearing from someone who was shocked to find their pickup truck had been towed downtown. LIVE REPORTING AT SWOPE PARK NEAR ZOO, AN
RideKC: Over 70,000 Chiefs fans used shuttle buses to participate in Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade
This was a significant increase in the number of people using the service in 2020.
Updated: 2:25 PM CST February 22, 2023
There is still no official estimate on how many people attended last week’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally at Union Station. However, RideKC estimates that over 70,000 fans used their shuttle buses to participate in the parade. This is an increase from the 55,000 who used the service offered for the 2020 Super Bowl parade, RideKC said Wednesday. “Public transportation is the lifeblood of our community,” said Frank White III, CEO of KCATA. “In times of celebration and in times of challenge, RideKC connects people to opportunities, like jobs, education, healthcare, housing, and yes, Super Bowl Parades.” Approximately 130 transit buses and 300 school buses were used for the parade. Shuttle bus locations at Oak Park Mall and Worlds of Fun have provided more than 40,000 rides alone.
There is still no official estimate on how many people attended last week’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally at Union Station.
However, RideKC estimates that over 70,000 fans used their shuttle buses to participate in the parade.
This is an increase from the 55,000 who used the service offered for the 2020 Super Bowl parade, RideKC said Wednesday.
“Public transportation is the lifeblood of our community,” said Frank White III, CEO of KCATA. “In times of celebration and in times of challenge, RideKC connects people to opportunities, like jobs, education, healthcare, housing, and yes, Super Bowl Parades.”
Approximately 130 buses and 300 school buses were used for the parade.
Shuttle bus locations at Oak Park Mall and Worlds of Fun have provided more than 40,000 rides alone.
