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G1. TIP Number: |
995208
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G2. State: |
Regional (bistate)
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G3. Multiple agencies / jurisdictions?
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No
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.
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G4 Project contact: |
Tracey Logan
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G5 Purpose and need:
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As the Kansas City region continues to expand, especially with major warehousing and distribution centers locating on the suburban fringe, the transit system (with stagnant funding) is unable to expand to provide critical access to these locations for employees. This fuunding will meet a critical need to be able to expand service to thewse locations that would otherwise have no service.
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G6. Origin and ending
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Route:
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Length (Miles):
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Multiple future routes
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G7 Functional Classification:
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Not Applicable
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G8 Connected KC 2050 Decade?
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2050
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G9 Muli-Agency Plan?
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Yes
• Smart Moves 3.0 Regional Transit Plan • KCATA Comprehensive Service Analysis
• Planning Sustainable Places plans completes across the Kansas City region
• Many municipal comprehensive plans include improving transit access and connectivity
as a goal or objective
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G10 Included in a CIP?
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Yes
The project is endorsed by the Regional Transit Coordinating Council and is consistent with the long-term goals and strategies of the updated Smart Moves 3.0 Regional Transit Plan.
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G11 Planning stage:
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Conceptual Plan
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G12 Reviewed by state DOT?
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No
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G13 Right-of-Way acquisition: |
Not started
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G14 ROW by local public agency process manual?
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No
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G15 Other unique local goals and objectives?
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No
Connected KC specifies the need for expanded transit service to major job centers. In addition, this project seeks to leverage private funding to help expand service, in an effort to build more sustainable funding streams.
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G16 Transportation Disadvantaged Population:
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New job access services will connect to existing transit centers or other major connecting points in the core of the system. These locations, such as 75th & Prospect which will be the connecting point for services to the south, are primarily within areas with transportation disadvantaged populations, often low-income populations who do not own a car and affordable access to jobs is essential. Many employers have also noted the need for these services, to allow access to a larger labor pool and ensure that their employees have a reliable way to get to work.
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G17 Relevant Public Engagement:
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KCATA utilizes MARC’s public involvement process to gather public input on transit
projects. In order to provide an opportunity for the general community, business and
neighborhood-level areas to provide input on transit projects, KCATA utilizes focus
groups, public meetings, stakeholder meetings, community notices and other
transit-related events.
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G18 Planned Public Engagement:
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KCATA, in coordination with RideKC Development Corporation, will engage the public when service expansion projects are developed. As these projects will generally be focused on job access, much of the engagement will occur directly with employers and employees, to determine the scope of the new service (e.g. based on shift times) and to promote how to use the service and connect to the rest of the system.
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G19 Sustainable Places Criteria:
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Access to Healthy Foods---Active Transportation/Living---Age in Place---Compact, Walkable Centers---
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G19.1 Describe PSP relationship:
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Connecting residents to healthy foods, especially in areas with few options, is often one of the major goals for new transit services, which will be planned in a way to maximize this access.
Expanded transit service allows more people to "age in place" by making it possible to access a greater variety of places across the Kansas City region.
Active transportation is enhanced by providing residents and employees additional car-free transportation options, facilitating walking to and from bus stops, and directly between destinations.
New transit service often facilitates compact, walkable centers by reducing the need for parking at major employment centers, thus allowing these destinations to be more compact and walkable.
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G20 Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives?
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Yes
RideKC partners have been involved in numerous PSP projects around the region. New regional transit services are anticipated to connect locations where PSP planning activities have occurred, including key nodes and activity centers. This program will build on previous investments and areas of citywide and regional impact. This project promotes the PSP and CSP themes in the following ways:
• Livable – Revitalize neighborhoods and provide needed services and amenities.
• Connected – Improve connections and improve transportation options. Thriving – Support enhanced areas of employment and create thriving business districts.
• Sustainable – Provide multimodal transportation to reduce dependency on private vehicles.
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G21 Serves Regional Activity Center?
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Yes
Highest-Intensity and Most-Walkable Centers
This project is intended to facilitate new transit services as the need arises. While these services are not yet planned or well-defined, the goal is to provide access from major fixed-route transit nodes, all of which are within activity centers, to major job destinations.
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G22 Environmental justice tracts?
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Yes
New job access services will connect to existing transit centers or other major connecting points in the core of the system. These locations, such as 75th & Prospect which will be the connecting point for services to the south, are primarily within environmental justice tracts with predominately minority and low-income populations. This service will provide important access to jobs that would not otherwise exist.
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G23 Reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
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Yes
By expanding the geographic reach of transit, this provides an opportunity to ride the bus to work and make fewer trips in single-occupant vehicles, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the use of carbon-based fuels.
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G24 Natural Resource information:
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Public transit that provides more extensive access to jobs makes it more feasible to build dense neighborhoods that require less of a horizontal footprint due to reduced parking and automobile access demands. This can be a critical component of being able to preserve natural resources, for example by allowing larger buffers around streams.
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G25 Community Links at Watershaed Scale:
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Conservation of land and resources, due to transit providing an opportunity for higher-density development with less need for parking, can significantly reduce stormwater runoff and improve overall water quality. This can have a significant positive impact at the watershed level, such as helping to reduce flooding.
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G26 Explain local land use or comprehensive plans:
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• Smart Moves 3.0 Regional Transit Plan
•Planning Sustainable Places plans complete across the Kansas City region
• Many municipal comprehensive plans include improving transit access and connectivity as a goal or objective
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