RideKC Streetcar
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RideKC Streetcar is a modern, fare-free streetcar line serving downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the region’s integrated RideKC public transit network.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RideKC Streetcar canonical | 3 |
| Kansas City Streetcar | 2 |
| Kansas City Streetcar Authority | 2 |
| KC Streetcar | 1 |
| Kansas City Streetcar (planned Berkley Riverfront extension) | 1 |
| RideKC Streetcar infrastructure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T160985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RideKC Streetcar Context triple: [RideKC bus system, connectsTo, RideKC Streetcar]
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A.
RideKC bus system
The RideKC bus system is the regional public transportation network serving the Kansas City metropolitan area, providing bus services across multiple cities and counties.
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B.
Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar is a modern urban streetcar transit system serving central Portland, Oregon, connecting key neighborhoods, employment centers, and educational institutions.
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C.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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D.
C-TRAN
C-TRAN is the public transit agency serving Clark County and the Vancouver, Washington area, providing bus and express services often coordinated with Portland’s TriMet system.
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E.
Huntington Area Rapid Transit
Huntington Area Rapid Transit is the local bus system serving the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RideKC Streetcar Target entity description: RideKC Streetcar is a modern, fare-free streetcar line serving downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the region’s integrated RideKC public transit network.
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A.
RideKC bus system
The RideKC bus system is the regional public transportation network serving the Kansas City metropolitan area, providing bus services across multiple cities and counties.
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B.
Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar is a modern urban streetcar transit system serving central Portland, Oregon, connecting key neighborhoods, employment centers, and educational institutions.
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C.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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D.
C-TRAN
C-TRAN is the public transit agency serving Clark County and the Vancouver, Washington area, providing bus and express services often coordinated with Portland’s TriMet system.
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E.
Huntington Area Rapid Transit
Huntington Area Rapid Transit is the local bus system serving the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light rail transit line
ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ streetcar system ⓘ |
| branding |
RideKC bus system
ⓘ
surface form:
RideKC
|
| category |
Rail transportation in Missouri
ⓘ
Tram transport in the United States ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2014-05-22 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depot | Vehicle Maintenance Facility at 3rd Street and Holmes Street ⓘ |
| electrification | overhead line ⓘ |
| fare | 0 USD ⓘ |
| farePolicy | fare-free ⓘ |
| fundingModel |
federal transit grants
ⓘ
local special assessment district ⓘ |
| governingBody |
RideKC Streetcar
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar Authority
|
| headway | about 10–15 minutes ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
RideKC bus system
ⓘ
surface form:
RideKC Bus
RideKC bus system ⓘ
surface form:
RideKC MAX bus rapid transit
|
| lineLength | about 2.2 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jackson County, Missouri
ⓘ
Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City, Missouri
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| manufacturer | CAF ⓘ |
| name | RideKC Streetcar self-link ⓘ |
| northernTerminus |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
River Market (Kansas City) area
|
| numberOfStations | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfVehicles | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2016-05-06 ⓘ |
| operator |
RideKC bus system
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
RideKC Streetcar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar Authority
|
| ownership |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Kansas City, Missouri
|
| partOf |
RideKC bus system
ⓘ
surface form:
RideKC transit network
|
| plannedExtension | Main Street extension to University of Missouri–Kansas City ⓘ |
| plannedExtensionDirection | south along Main Street ⓘ |
| plannedExtensionLength | about 3.5 miles ⓘ |
| runsAlong | Main Street (Kansas City) ⓘ |
| serves | downtown Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ |
| serviceHours | daily service ⓘ |
| southernTerminus |
Union Station Kansas City
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Station (Kansas City)
|
| startOfRevenueService | 2016-05-06 ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transitType | streetcar ⓘ |
| vehicleType | modern low-floor streetcar ⓘ |
| website | https://kcstreetcar.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RideKC Streetcar Description of subject: RideKC Streetcar is a modern, fare-free streetcar line serving downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the region’s integrated RideKC public transit network.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kansas City, Missouri
this entity surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar
this entity surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar Authority
this entity surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar Authority
this entity surface form:
KC Streetcar
this entity surface form:
RideKC Streetcar infrastructure
this entity surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar (planned Berkley Riverfront extension)
this entity surface form:
Kansas City Streetcar