Summary of Regional Clean Fuel Transit Vehicles Missouri

KCATA

Contact Information

Organization: KCATA
Contact person: Whitney Morgan
Title: DBE/Grants Specialist
Phone: (816) 346-0277
E-mail: wmorgan@kcata.org
Organization address: 1350 E 17th St
  Kansas City, MO    64108-1602


Pre-Application Information

PA Project title/name: Regional Clean Fuel Transit Vehicles Missouri
PA Agency type: Transit Agency
PA Agency Name: KCATA
PA Primary project mode: Transit
PA Secondary project mode: Operations
PA Project type: Public Transportation - Transit Capital
PA Project description: The procurement of up to thirteen (13) ADA-accessible, clean fuel buses, that replace older diesel buses in the fleet that have met their useful life. New regional transit vehicles will attract new riders, reduce emissions, improve air quality, and improve efficiencies—enhancing attractiveness to attract new users.
PA Connected KC 2050 Project Number: Yes
PA Connected KC 2050 underlying strategies selected
PA Strategies Description: Climate- The replacement of older, less efficient vehicles with cleaner and more efficient vehicles will inherently lower amounts of harmful emissions such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and toxic and carcinogenic pollutants and greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, thus benefitting the environment and the health of the general public. Investment - New transit vehicles provide significant economic benefits, and improving transit increases those benefits. KCATA, JCT, and UG support economic development by providing access to jobs and job-related activities, employment centers throughout the region. Supporting and enhancing transit service improves access to jobs, training, medical, and facilities. Funding Sources - This project also supports the transportation objectives of the RTCC and KCATA, JCT, and UG Strategic Plans with existing local resources throughout the region. Specific Strategies: New clean transit vehicles support Public Transportation, More Mode Choice and System Preservation. The vehicles will enhance the desirability of Public Transportation, provide improved options for modal choice and preserve the existing transit infrastructure by replacing assets that have exceeded their useful life.
PA Complete Streets Description: This project is to purchase vehicles needed to operate transit services throughout the region. While it does not specifically include complete streets elements, having buses with which to operate service is a necessary component of complete streets that provide amenities for all users.
PA Safety: All new buses will have enhanced safety features including multiple interior and exterior cameras, driver safety barriers, audio recording capability, emergency call buttons for operators
PA Air Quality: Increased transit use reduces auto-dependency and emissions; buses have seating for 40 riders and decrease the need for single-occupancy automobile trips. Air quality improvement is even more significant when considering RideKCs current efforts to replace its current fleet with new clean energy buses.
PA Conservation: By transporting people by transit instead of by single-occupancy vehicles, less space is required for streets and parking lots that consume vast amounts of land and damages natural resources. Reducing land area devoted to impervious concrete such as parking lots can reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality within a watershed.
PA Environment: Increasing transit usage reduces the need for auto-dependent infrastructure such as paved surfaces associated with urban heat islands.
PA Funding
CMAQ
STP/STBG
TAP/STP Set Aside
PA Travel Lane: False
PA Congestion Management Measures Selected:
Access Management:
Active Transportation
Highway
Land Use
Parking
Regulatory>
TDM
Transit
Transportation Operations and Management
PA CMT Description: The project is part of a joint priority of KCATA, JCT, UG, and KCMO to improve the multi-modal transit network used to reduce auto-dependency and emissions; buses have seating for 40 riders and decrease the need for single-occupancy automobile trips. Air quality improvement is even more significant when considering KCATAs current efforts to replace its current diesel fleet.
PA SOV Capacity: N/A
PA Pre-application Statement: Changes made
PA Pre-application Statement Text: Minor updates to verbage to satisfy MARC comments.
PA Pre-Application Staff Alignment:
PA Pre-Aplication Policy Concerns:

General Information

G1. TIP Number: 996071
G2. State: Regional (bistate)
G3. Multiple agencies / jurisdictions? Yes
The project is part of a joint priority of KCATA, JCT, UG and KCMO to improve the multi-modal downtown transit network use to reduce auto-dependency and emissions; buses have seating for 40 riders and decrease the need for single-occupancy automobile trips. Air quality improvement is even more significant when considering KCATAs current efforts to replace its current diesel fleet.
G4 Project contact: The primary contact person for this project is Tracey Logan - tlogan@kcata.org, and Don Bowlin - dbowlin@kcata.org, will be assisting her.
G5 Purpose and need: The new vehicles with updated amenities and features will attract new riders and remove the older, less efficient high emission diesel units.
 
G6. Origin and ending
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G7 Functional Classification: Not Applicable
G8 Connected KC 2050 Decade? 2020
G9 Muli-Agency Plan? Yes
Yes, the transit bus procurement grants are included in and will impact many other communities from Gladstone, MO, North Kansas City, MO, Lenexa, KS, that include transit in their long-range plans as listed in Smartmoves 3.0
G10 Included in a CIP? Yes
This project is included in the capitial improvement plans for the KCATA, JoCo, and Unified Government.
G11 Planning stage: Conceptual Plan
G12 Reviewed by state DOT? No
G13 Right-of-Way acquisition: All acquired or none needed
G14 ROW by local public agency process manual? No
G15 Other unique local goals and objectives? Yes
The improved passenger transit and amenities on new buses are included in the Connected KC 2050.
G16 Transportation Disadvantaged Population: Our core mission statement is "Connecting People to Opportunities," and in that having improved transit does provide mobility options that are more favorable in the disadvantaged areas. The updated technologies on and off the buses provide a better level of comfort and safety for passengers, thus making it a more appealing option to use.
G17 Relevant Public Engagement: The public was engaged in the concept of improved transit and amenities as associated with the Smartmoves 3.0. The rollout included social media, and direct public comment was taken. The KCATA, Unified Government, and Johnson County included updated transit buses in their capital improvement budgets were a public comment period was held.
G18 Planned Public Engagement: The deployment of these new vehicles would be accompanied by an aggressive social media push and a formal medial announcement in areas that could include the most vulnerable population.
G19 Sustainable Places Criteria: Access to Healthy Foods---Active Transportation/Living---Age in Place---Compact, Walkable Centers--- Complete Street Design---Connected Street Network---Context Appropriate Streets------- ---------------- Mixed-Density Neighborhoods---Natural Resources Protection---Optimize Parking---Pedestrian-Oriented Public Realm--- Renewable Energy-------Retail/Rooftop Relationships---Strong Suburban Downtown--- Transit-Ready Corridors-----
G19.1 Describe PSP relationship: New buses enhance the regional transit environment by providing access on high tech transit-ready corridors to many areas inside and out of ones local area. New buses create an exciting option for people to leave their vehicles parked when doing routine things, such as shopping at a local retail store, going to school, work, or doctors appointment.
G20 Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives? Yes
A fresh and up to date transit systems supports the policies in both programs. A few examples under each would be: PSP KS. Transit is a key component of many PSP projects – examples include SW Johnson County Transit Plan, Vision Metcalf, and Bike/walk KC. MO – West 31st Street, Linwood, Truman Corridor in Independence, North Oak in Gladstone, etc. CSP Transit is a basic building block of CSP – part of the Transportation and Public Spaces principle. Having new clean vehicles is critical to CSP projects.
G21 Serves Regional Activity Center? No
Highest-Intensity and Most-Walkable Centers These new buses will provide an exciting and new look for people who may not regularly use transit to get out of their neighborhoods to visit recently developed retail and medical facilities. A few examples Johnson County are Town Center, Merriam Town Center, and Rossana Square. In the Unified Government, there is Village West, Improved retail on 7th Street, and development around 47th & State Ave all with new connections from the new transit center at 12th & Charlotte.
G22 Environmental justice tracts? Yes
This project will have a significant impact on the desirability and access of low-income residents to and from environmental justice tracks.
G23 Reduces greenhouse gas emissions? Yes
This project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the use of cleaner, renewable fuels and the reductions of carbon-based fuel vehicles.
G24 Natural Resource information: N/A
G25 Community Links at Watershaed Scale: N/A
G26 Explain local land use or comprehensive plans: These buses will serve in many of the regional programs and initiatives that are being developed in many municipalities. A few examples of this would include Forward OP, Gladstone, NKC North Oak Corridor & Lenexa included in Smartmoves 3.0 and Connect KC 2050.
 

Project Financial Information

CMAQ Federal amount 6682720 
CMAQ Match amount: 1670680 
CMAQ Year requested: --Select--
STP Federal amount: 2911464 
STP Match amount: 727866 
STP Year requested: --Select--
Source of Local Match: KCATAs local funding sources includes contractual agreements with local communities and 1/2 cent transportation sales tax and 3/8 cent ATA sales tax in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
Explain:
 
Scope Change: This project is scalable, but if the project receives less funding than requested, air quality will continue to decline in the region with the continued use of less efficient and less clean fossil fuels. The image of public transit will diminish and not attract new ridership. Heat deserts will grow with the increased use of personal vehicles.
 
Cost by area:
Engineering: 0
Equipment Purchase: 11992730
Right-of-Way: 0
Other: 0
Utility Adjustment/Relocation: 0
Program Implementation/Construction (including Construction Engineering/Inspection): 0
Contingency: 0
Total Estimated Project Cost: 11992730
 
Cost Breakdown by mode:
Highway:   %
Transit: 100  %
Bike:   %
Pedestrian:   %
Other:   %

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Submitted (Public) comments

James Rice said...

I support this request. The air quality improvement thanks to clean fuel buses has been apparent over the last few years in downtown KC as the fleet began and continues its transition.

9/29/2020 12:56:01 PM


Ross Harness said...

Electric Buses, please!

10/9/2020 1:14:03 PM


Chris Stritzel said...

I think having an all electric bus fleet would be beneficial to everyone. They’re quieter and cheaper in the long run, not to mention they don’t let exhaust out that smells bad.

10/9/2020 1:20:21 PM



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