It was created in 2000 as part of a bi-state initiative between the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Kansas Department of Transportation to provide this system for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, which is in both Missouri and Kansas (the anchor city of Kansas City is in Missouri).
It was initiated in 2000 as part of a joint endeavor between the Missouri and Kansas transportation agencies to deliver this system to the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles both Missouri and Kansas (the core city of Kansas City is located within Missouri).