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Discussion - Transit
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Issue/Request:
Discussion - Transit
Key Issues:
- The Transit Study is an assessment of current conditions, evaluates options for improved service, provides recommendations, and discusses plans to implement recommendations.
- The City Council and Public Works Committee desired continue discussion by the Public Works Committee regarding implementing recommended transit service changes.
- Staff supports transit service changes recommended in the transit study recommending consolidation of KCATA Route 252 and OATS.
- The annual contracts with KCATA are due for renewal January 1, 2017.
- City Staff is requesting the Public Works Committee to direct City Staff to draft the contracts with KCATA that implement recommendations of the study for presentation to Council in December 2016.
Background:
The Transit Study is the basis (or plan) for new, sustained or changed transit services offered in Lee's Summit. A study for Lee’s Summit was first done in 2000. Another, the most recent study for Lee’s Summit was started in 2007 and completed in 2009. These prior referenced studies and current study are specific to the City of Lee’s Summit. Other studies have been done and are underway that address transit in the Kansas City metropolitan area or Jackson County sub-areas. The regional studies can be referenced from the Mid-America Regional Council and Jackson County. Regional transit studies are noted in the local plans. Like other planning documents for infrastructure or service programs (e.g. Thoroughfare Master Plan, Greenway Master Plan), the Transit Study has limited applicability over time before an update is necessary to account for the many changes in demographics, community growth/development, service innovations and alternatives, funding, etc. This Transit Study provides an assessment of existing transit services and ridership demand. Based on the current assessment, the study evaluates options that may b...
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