anyone know the exact routes of these proposed lines?
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Yes, but the way the region is growing, Smart Moves won't be enough to enable transit service to catch up with the needs resulting from outward expansion.dangerboy wrote: Smart Moves is about just catching up to what we need today, especially compared to other cities.Â
Now they need a return trip that doesn't leave sharply at 5 or right after so it isn't a horrible option for most of the people I work with. The JoCo-ites that see me as the "urban guy" have been asking about bus routes and it isn't practical for them to be so limited. Nobody leaves here by 5:00. Even if they ran one line at 6:00, I'm sure people would wait for it considering the cost of gas.ignatius wrote: If gas prices remain over $2.50 long term, this may be the time to strongly pursue commuter rail on the existing tracks along I-35. It's great to see JoCo people taking transit! Come on JoCo, make rail happen to Union Station. MAX will get you through the rest of the urban core.
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansa ... st=b_ln_hl
Bus riders crowd The Jo as gas prices soar
Most of The Jo's four morning express buses from Olathe to Downtown were standing-room-only this week as rising gasoline prices pushed commuters onto Johnson County's mass-transit system.
"We've never had three or four trips that were SRO," Chuck Ferguson, assistant director for Johnson County Transit, said Friday.
Ferguson said ridership also rose sharply in August, compared with 2004. The average percentage increases by route were:
Route B from Olathe, up 27 percent.
Route D from Lenexa, up 19.9 percent.
Route L serving Olathe and Overland Park, up 54 percent.
Route I offering reverse commute from Downtown to Olathe, up 22.3 percent.
Route N from south Overland Park, up 27 percent.
It's a problem with ATA's suburban express routes as well. They need at least five departures during each rush, with evening departures until 6:30pm. A mid-day outbound trip would also be good.staubio wrote: Now they need a return trip that doesn't leave sharply at 5 or right after so it isn't a horrible option for most of the people I work with. The JoCo-ites that see me as the "urban guy" have been asking about bus routes and it isn't practical for them to be so limited. Nobody leaves here by 5:00. Even if they ran one line at 6:00, I'm sure people would wait for it considering the cost of gas.
LenexatoKCMO wrote: In fairness to the Star - this was a point/counter-point opinon presentation. Here is a link to the guest columnist who represented the viewpoint probably shared by most of the members of this forum
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascit ... 587847.htm
A vibrant urban center needs public transitBy KITE SINGLETONGuest Columnist
I couldn't even find a link to the anti-smart moves column in the electronic version of the Star.
in the business section i thinkwarwickland wrote:
well...i'm having trouble finding the pro-transit article in the print version! all i see is BISTATE PLAN MISSES THE BUS in the largest font possible with a graph showing declining transit usage thrown in for good measure.