News & Events
Mar
2021
RideKC Ready for 2021 Big 12 Tournament Fans
The Big 12 Basketball Championship comes to Kansas City March 10-14, and RideKC’s Main MAX and other buses offer a fast and free no-parking option to get fans to the games.
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2021
RideKC Providing Special Shuttles to Local Warming Centers for City’s Houseless
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is providing special shuttles from Bartle Hall’s overnight warming center to various daytime warming centers in Kansas City, Missouri to help the city’s houseless survive the frigid winter temperatures.
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2021
RideKC to Enforce New CDC Mask Mandate on Transit and at Transit Stops
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order requiring all operators and transit customers to wear face masks at transit stops and on board to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The order goes into effect late tonight. According to the order, customers must wear masks while waiting at transit stops, boarding, disembarking, and the whole time on board.
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2021
KCATA Board of Commissioner Elects New Officers; Adds Two New Appointees
The Board of Commissioners of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) elected new officers at the Jan. 27, 2021, board meeting.
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2020
KCATA Wins KDOT Innovation and Technology Grant to Improve Public Transit Integration
(Kansas City, Mo. – Dec. 10, 2020) – The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) has been awarded a $59,000 innovation and technology grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to integrate micro transit into Transit, RideKC’s official app for bi-state regional transit.
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2020
RideKC Reduces Service Due to Staffing Shortages Related to COVID-19
The Kansas City Area Transportation announces a temporary reduction in RideKC transit service starting Monday, Dec. 14, due to staffing shortages among the operator workforce and increasing community spread of COVID-19. RideKC transit should be used for essential trips only, effective Nov. 18.
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2020
COVID Exposure Updates
RideKC has confirmed positive COVID-19 test results for bus operators.
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2020
RideKC Reduces Bus Service Due to COVID-19 Impact
he Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) will temporarily roll back some RideKC transit service starting Monday, Nov. 23. This is due to the increasing community spread of COVID-19, which is resulting in higher than normal absenteeism among KCATA’s operator workforce.
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2020
KCATA Holds Public Online Meetings To Share Transit Redesign Developed By Customers, Stakeholders
(Kansas City, Mo. – Nov. 9, 2020) – The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will hold virtual public meetings to present the RideKC Next transit plan developed by customers and stakeholders over the last year and a half. Customers are encouraged to attend the online meetings to provide valuable input about this next phase of the RideKC Next plan in Kansas City, Mo.
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2020
RideKC Transit App Provides Transit Directions To Polling Places on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is reminding voters that they can easily take RideKC transit to their polling place for free. All polling places for the Nov. 3 election are available on RideKC’s official app, Transit.
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