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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
Unified Government
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G4 Project contact: |
Tracey Logan
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G5 Purpose and need:
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This project will be a major step towards improving access and service reliability/performance on the existing and future "fast and frequent" route network, specifically the State Avenue corridor in Kansas City, Kansas.
These primary existing service on the corridor, the 101 State Avenue, already provides important transportation services and connects to existing MAX routes. While a substantial amount of improved infrastructure was added to the corridor in 2013, much of this will need to be upgraded and some areas lack adequate infrastruture. Travel times can be slow and unreliable due to a lack of transit priority measures.
This project will improve safety and accessibility to the transit network in neighborhoods that have low vehicle ownership rates as compared to the rest of the region.
This project will improve safety and accessibility to the transit network in neighborhoods that have low vehicle ownership rates as compared to the rest of the region.
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G6. Origin and ending
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Route:
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Length (Miles):
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Route 101 State Avenue (within Unified Government)
Village West & Parallel
State Line & 9th Street
13.2
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G7 Functional Classification:
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Minor Arterial
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G8 Connected KC 2050 Decade?
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2030
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G9 Muli-Agency Plan?
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Yes
Yes, this project will implement strategies of multiple recent Unified Government planning projects, including: State Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2013), the KCK Sidewalk and Trail Master Plan (2012), and the Downtown Master Plan. This is in addition to RideKCs strategy to expand "fast and frequent" bus service thrpughout the region.
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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 supports transit operational and customer service goals and objectives that are central to RideKC operations but beyond the scope of Connected KC 2050. This includes achieving travel time savings that will improve service reliability and on-time performance for passengers, as well as the communciation of that information through real-time data.
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G16 Transportation Disadvantaged Population:
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The majority of the State Avenue corridor lies within Environmental Justice Census Tracts (both minority and low-income criteria).
These improvements will meet a critical need for transportation disadvantaged populations
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G17 Relevant Public Engagement:
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need info from UG on public engagements of other planning projects
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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 and Unified Government will also utilize relationships with social service providers 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---------------
----Green Infrastructure-----------
------------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 major function of fast and frequent transit service. Several high ridership stops on existing route 101 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 sidewalk, crosswalk, ADA ramp, and bicycle facilities at or near bus stops.
Finally, green infrastructure improvements such as natural landscaping and trees will be provided as warranted and applicable to ech individual location.
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G20 Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives?
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Yes
Yes, State Avenue was one of the six Creating Sustainable Places corridors in 2012.
The CSP process for State Avenue focused on the economic development of the corridor, resulting in the State Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan. A market analysis and assessment of redevelopment potential were conducted for seven nodes along the corridor. Specific properties were identified, and strategies identified for each. Transit was a major theme of this process, focusing on areas with 1/8-mile of new "Connex" stations that were planned, and ultimately built.
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G21 Serves Regional Activity Center?
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Yes
Highest-Intensity and Most-Walkable Centers
State Avenue east of I-435 is a fairly continuous Activity Center segment, with more sporadic Activity Centers to the west. Downtown KCK is a Most Developed/Walkable Activity Center. Bus stop improvements in these centers will improve access to transit services and enable these centers to become more vibrant, as well as conencted to each other.
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G22 Environmental justice tracts?
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Yes
The vast amajority of the corridor is within Evironmental Justice tracts.
These improvements will meet a critical need for transportation disadvantaged populations in this area by making it easier and safer to access public transit, and making service faster and more reliable within and between these tracts.
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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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High-quality public transit 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.
The watersheds involved in this project include Missouri River Jersey Creek and Lower Kansas RIver.
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G26 Explain local land use or comprehensive plans:
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Several land use, comprehensive, and transportation plans support a variety of transit improvements along State Avenue. These include State Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2013), the KCK Sidewalk and Trail Master Plan (2012), and the Downtown Master Plan.
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