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RideKC
RideKC is the brand for public transportation systems in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The RideKC brand was adopted in August 2014 by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, operators of the KC Streetcar line then under construction in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority adopted RideKC in November, followed by Johnson County Transit, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit. Buses using the RideKC livery rolled out in Kansas City and Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson County in October 2015. UG Transit transitioned in 2016, with IndeBus co-branding for the time being. As part of the consolidation, a regionwide local fare for buses took effect in January 2016. The RideKC website launched in October 2015 consolidating schedules, maps and other information for all participating transit agencies. Services Transit providers *IndeBus (Independence, MO) - fixed route 'RideKC Bus' and ADA complementary paratransit 'RideKC Freedom' *Johnson County Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after. Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about , making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is a public transit agency in metropolitan Kansas City. It operates the Metro Area Express (MAX) bus rapid transit service in Kansas City, Missouri, and 78 local bus routes in seven counties of Missouri and Kansas. In , the system had a ridership of , about per weekday as of . The KCATA is a bi-state agency formed by an interstate compact between Kansas and Missouri in 1965–6. Authorized by both states' legislatures and an act of Congress, the agency's jurisdiction includes Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The agency is governed by a board of ten commissioners, five from each state. Operations began in 1969, when the KCATA took over bus routes previously run by the Kansas City Public Service Company. In 2014, KCATA, Johnson County Transit, UG Transit and IndeBus announced that all services would be merged into one service, RideKC by 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Streetcar Authority
The KC Streetcar is a streetcar system in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Construction began in May 2014. The system opened for service on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is Free public transport, free to ride, as it is funded by a transportation development district. , the streetcar has had 9.4 million riders since opening in 2016. Extensions north to the waterfront and south to University of Missouri-Kansas City have been funded, with the southern extension under construction. Route The downtown streetcar runs along a route between the River Market and Kansas City Union Station, Union Station, running through the Downtown Kansas City, central business district and the Crossroads, Kansas City, Crossroads, mostly along Main Street (Kansas City), Main Street. It makes stops about every two blocks. and has 10 designated stops along the route. It connects directly with Amtrak, local and commuter RideKC bus services (including a direct route to Kansas City International Airport) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KC Streetcar
The KC Streetcar is a streetcar system in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Construction began in May 2014. The system opened for service on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is free to ride, as it is funded by a transportation development district. , the streetcar has had 9.4 million riders since opening in 2016. Extensions north to the waterfront and south to University of Missouri-Kansas City have been funded, with the southern extension under construction. Route The downtown streetcar runs along a route between the River Market and Union Station, running through the central business district and the Crossroads, mostly along Main Street. It makes stops about every two blocks. and has 10 designated stops along the route. It connects directly with Amtrak, local and commuter RideKC bus services (including a direct route to Kansas City International Airport) and several RideKC bike-share kiosks. Proponents tout the initial segment as one of the simplest and straightest modern str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridj
BRIDJ (pronounced "bridge") is a SaaS platform designed to support ‘demand responsive’ or ‘on demand’ public transport providers. The platform allows a user to optimise an on-road service and digitise work processes, and includes an optimisation engine, traveller app, driver app and client portal. The traveller app allows passengers to book, pay and track a service between two locations within a service area. The optimisation engine consumes pre-planned and real-time bookings and then allocates passengers to the available vehicles to create the optimal trips for the given service objectives. The optimisation engine is designed to handle large numbers of passengers and vehicles of both small capacities (1-6 pax) and high capacity (6-50+). BRIDJ technology is currently deployed on public transport services in both Sydney and Adelaide, Australia and for transfer services Singapore. The platform was initially designed for shuttle services in its origin city of Boston a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson County Transit
Johnson County Transit is a public transit operator in Johnson County, Kansas. It is the operator of 13 Transit bus, Local Bus routes in Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas, Johnson, Miami County, Kansas, Miami, and Wyandotte County, Kansas, Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County in Missouri. The JO, as it is generally called, started operations in 1982 as ''Commuteride'' and began operating as ''The JO'' in 1986. The JO took over service from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, which provided service in Johnson County until 1981. Since November of 2014, The JO has been re-branded into "RideKC" – a branding effort designed to unify all Kansas City metro area transit providers under a single fare and route structure. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Regular Routes Johnson County Transit is now using route numbers integrated with those used by the KC Metro bus system. The new numeric designations, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Area Express
The Metro Area Express (MAX) is an express bus service with bus rapid transit characteristics run by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The first line, on Main Street, was first operated on July 24, 2005; the second line, on Troost Avenue, opened on January 1, 2011; and the third line, on Prospect Avenue, opened on December 9, 2019. MAX operates as a hybrid of traditional bus service and Bus Rapid Transit or BRT-lite. MAX features dedicated lanes and special traffic signalization holds a green light longer to keep services on schedule. The fares for the Metro Area Express is $1.50, collected on board, with free transfer to the rest of the Metro system. Lines Main Street MAX The Main Street MAX mostly runs along Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The line opened on July 24, 2005. It runs from City Market in Downtown Kansas City, MO to the Waldo Neighborhood. It is slated to be replaced in the future by an extension o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transportation
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip. There is no rigid definition; the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' specifies that public transportation is within urban areas, and air travel is often not thought of when discussing public transport—dictionaries use wording like "buses, trains, etc." Examples of public transport include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries. Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, coaches, and intercity rail. High-speed rail networks are being developed in many parts of the world. Most public transport systems run along fixed routes with set embarka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Star
''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and has widespread circulation in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. History Nelson family ownership (1880–1926) The paper, originally called ''The Kansas City Evening Star'', was founded September 18, 1880, by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel E. Morss. The two moved to Missouri after selling the newspaper that became the '' Fort Wayne News Sentinel'' (and earlier owned by Nelson's father) in Nelson's Indiana hometown, where Nelson was campaign manager in the unsuccessful Presidential run of Samuel Tilden. Morss quit the newspaper business within a year and a half because of ill health. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-cycle
BCycle is a public bicycle sharing company owned by Trek Bicycle and is based in Waterloo, Wisconsin, United States. It has 47 local systems operating in cities across the United States. However, in several cities it operates under a name other than BCycle (i.e., CAT Bike, Red Bike, GREENbike, etc.) Description The BCycle system consists of bicycles and solar-powered stations positioned throughout a city or region. The result is a slight variation in the system, depending on the city of operation. Such variations can include differences in pricing and operating under a name other than BCycle. Notwithstanding, even though they may operate under different names, their stations will still include the logo with a circled "B" (but perhaps with a different color outer circle). Variations are also affected by the primary sponsors of the local system. Users of the system can purchase annual memberships or just a day or week pass. The system is intended for short trips rather than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCTV
KCTV (channel 5) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV (channel 62). Both stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway, Kansas, while KCTV's transmitter is located in the Union Hill section of Kansas City, Missouri. KCTV also serves as an alternate CBS affiliate for the St. Joseph market (which borders the northern portions of the Kansas City market), as the station's transmitter also produces a city-grade signal that reaches St. Joseph proper and rural areas in the market's central and southern counties. KCTV previously served as the CBS affiliate of record for St. Joseph when KQTV (channel 2, then KFEQ-TV) disaffiliated from CBS in June 1967—after a 14-year tenure as a primary affiliate of the network to become a full-time ABC affiliate—until June 1, 2017, when locally based KBJO-LD (channel 30, which concurrently became KCJO-LD) switche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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