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G1. TIP Number: |
995001
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G2. State: |
Regional (bistate)
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G3. Multiple agencies / jurisdictions?
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Yes
City of Kansas City, Missouri
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G4 Project contact: |
Tracey Logan
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G5 Purpose and need:
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Many intersections that are along high-ridership bus routes have no curb ramps and bus stops are unimproved. These lcoations are inaccessible and unsafe for people with limited mobility. This project will make these lcoations accessible so that all populations can benefit from transit service and can walk safely along these corridors.
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G6. Origin and ending
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Route:
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Length (Miles):
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see attached list
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G7 Functional Classification:
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Principal Arterial
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G8 Connected KC 2050 Decade?
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2020
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G9 Muli-Agency Plan?
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No
This project to improve ADA access at intersections on the specified corridors and at bus stops implements portions of the following plans:
Kansas City Walkability Plan
Independence Avenue BRT Feasibility Study
Independence Avenue Safety Improvements
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G10 Included in a CIP?
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No
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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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Yes
This project is in line with walkability and transit access goals on Connected KC, but applies these principles on the transit network beyond the "fast and frequent" service corridors, better connecting specific neighborhoods to the transit network of routes operating generally at 30-minute frequency.
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G16 Transportation Disadvantaged Population:
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The vast majority of the planned project locations are in neighborhoods with a high percentage of transportation disdvantaged populations, as compared to the region. This includes Environmental Justice census tracts. This project will allow these residents to more safely travel by walking and accessing transit.
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G17 Relevant Public Engagement:
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Improved intersection infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users has been an important component of Kansas City Area Plans for each of the project locations. Each of these planning processes include extensive pulic outreach, in the form of public meetings and workshop sessions. Additional projects by both the City and KCATA have focused on the Independence Avenue corridor, which includes several intersections that will be imporved with this project. These processes both included extensive outreach to surrounding neighborhoods and businesses to determine priorities and received feedback on recommendations.
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G18 Planned Public Engagement:
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Engaging the public and particularly transit customers at the point of service, at the bus stop or on the bus, will continue to be a major feature of public outreach as these projects progress. Through experience, KCATA has determined this is the most effective technique to engage transportation disadvantaged populations on planning and infrastrucutre projects.
KCATA will also utilize relationships with social service providers, many of whom participate in exising RideKC programs such as Opportunity Pass or Veterans Pass, to engage populations that those entities specialize in serving.
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G19 Sustainable Places Criteria:
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Access to Healthy Foods---Active Transportation/Living---Age in Place-------
Complete Street Design---------------
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------------Pedestrian-Oriented Public Realm---
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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 a specialty of the routes that served the stops to be improved by this program. Some of the highest ridrship stops on existing routes 18 and 24, for example, are at grocery stores.
Improved transit infrastructure allows more people to "age in place" by making it safer and easier to acces transit services, with ADA-compliant bus stops and accessible routes.
Active transportation, complete streets, and pedestrian-oriented public realm objectives will be met by improving ADA ramps and sidewalks at or near bus stops.
Finally, green infrastructure improvements such as native landscaping and trees will be provided as warranted and feasible at each individual location.
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G20 Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives?
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Yes
The most direct connection between a specific PSP plan and the anticipated locations for improvements is the Independence Avenue Safety Improvements in 2017. That plan recommends ADA ramp, sidewalk, and other improvements to enhance pedestrian safety along the corridor, some of which will be improved by this project.
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G21 Serves Regional Activity Center?
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Yes
Highest-Intensity and Most-Walkable Centers
The majority of the anticipated project locations are within an activity center, especially proejcts on Independence Avenue and 12th Street. These proejcts will directly benefit these activity centers by improving access within the centers as well as to other locations throughout the region, and generally make transportation safer for more people.
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G22 Environmental justice tracts?
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Yes
Most of these proejcts are within environmental justice census tracts. These proejcts will directly benefit minority and low-income populations by improving access within these Census tracts as well as to other locations throughout the region, and generally make transportation safer for more people living in environmental justice neighborhoods.
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G23 Reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
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Yes
By providing safer and more attractive transit and active transportation options, this provides an opportunity for more people to utilize these modes 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 is safe to access makes it more feasible to build dense neighborhoods that require less of a horizonal 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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Kansas Citys area plans, an extension of the citys comprehensive plan, are supportive of intersection, sidewalk, and bus stop improvements to make active transportation and transit safer for residents. These plans include Truman Plaza, Heart of the City, and Midtown-Plaza.
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