RideKC Blog
Jul
2015
Johnson County Proposed Budget Increases Funding For Transit
Expansion plans for the county library, parks and transit system moved forward as Johnson County commissioners gave preliminary approval to the first property tax rate increase in close to a decade. The County Board of Commissioners in Johnson County, Kansas, is considering expansion plans for a package of improvements to transit, libraries and parks. A public hearing on the 2016 budget will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 27, at in Commission Chambers, 111 S Cherry Street, Olathe, KS.
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2015
Building a Better Regional Transit System
July 1 marks the first day KCATA manages IndeBus, IndeAccess and IndeAccess+. The City of Independence and KCATA approved a new management agreement in last month.
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2015
Welcome To The RideKC Blog
Welcome to the RideKC blog, the new forum for all things transit. As the new president and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, I am proud to lead an agency with the vision of connecting people to opportunity. It is our goal to build a single, interconnected transit system that gives people the ability to seamlessly move around our region.
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