There are many transit services across Kansas. They are all grouped by districts throughout the state, called Coordinated Transit Districts (CTDs). The Kansas Rides logo and website bring together all providers in all our CTDs under one website to get you where you want to go. This website has been developed to assist you in finding information, assistance, and transportation options. We look forward to hearing from you, if you have any questions or need travel planning assistance.
Coordinated transit service:
- Allows more people in the state to have access to some level of transit service
- Improves the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the public and private investments in transit
- Reduces the gaps and redundancies observed in the current approach to providing service
About Coordinated Transit Districts
On the basis of current travel patterns, the state was divided into nine primarily rural-focused regions, and a tenth urban region. Common elements across regions will provide a consistent framework from which regions can interact with both KDOT and adjacent CTDs. Implementing elements such as regional governing and funding structures, dispatch linking providers, and mobility management, creates a base systematic process from which jurisdictions and providers within the CTD can discuss, design, fund and implement new regional services or strategies. Generally, these broad strategies that would be implemented in many CTDS can be described as the following:
- Regional routes that allow multiple providers to coordinate, combine and share trips, while preventing duplication
- Coordinated scheduling that utilizes Global Position Systems (GPS), vehicle-based tablets, and scheduling software to provide providers with knowledge and details of other trips in their area
- Mobility management that gives transit providers a regional resource to provide driver or rider training and that facilitates administrative transit connections between transit providers, employers, medical centers and social agencies
- Regional governance structure that provides a framework to make service and funding decisions related to regional transit, including oversight, financial participation, legal context and regional branding
- Branding elements that convey the connection between the provider, the CTD, and KDOT’s public transportation program to the public