RideKC is the brand for public transportation systems in the

Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...

. The RideKC brand was adopted in August 2014 by the

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 ...

, operators of the KC Streetcar line then under construction in

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 ...

. The

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 coun ...

adopted RideKC in November, followed by

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 ...

, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit. Buses using the RideKC livery rolled out in Kansas City and 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, KS) - fixed route 'RideKC Bus' and demand responsive 'RideKC Micro Transit' * KC Streetcar (Kansas City, MO) - fixed route 'RideKC Streetcar' *

- fixed route 'RideKC Bus', demand responsive 'RideKC Flex', ADA complementary paratransit 'RideKC Freedom', and non-ADA paratransit 'RideKC Freedom On-Demand' **

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 ...

(bus rapid transit) - fixed route 'RideKC MAX' * Unified Government Transit (Wyandotte County, KS) - fixed route 'RideKC Bus', demand responsive 'RideKC Micro Transit', and ADA complementary paratransit 'RideKC Freedom'

Partnering agencies

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 othe ...

(bikeshare) - 'RideKC Bike' *

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 opt ...

(microtransit) - demand responsive 'RideKC Bridj' pilot ended in 2016 *

Mid-America Regional Council The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is a nonprofit association of city and county governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the bistate Kansas City region. Governed by a Board of Directors made up of local elected offic ...

- 'RideshareKC' carpool program

References

External links

{{Public transportation in Kansas Public transportation in Kansas City, Missouri