It’s storm season in Kansas. KTA has provided shelters for travelers across the state.
Read more here: http://www.kake.com/story/38079493/kta-reminding-drivers-of-storm-shelters-located-along-turnpike
A map can be found here: https://www.ksturnpike.com/travel/map-weather#tornado_shelters
You can also sign up for KTA text alerts here: http://my.textcaster.com/asa/Default.aspx?ID=cba25052-6478-40e5-a9b0-e7eaf2322f85
Every day, millions of Americans reach their jobs using public transportation. But it isn’t just the workforce using transportation. Business owners rely on public transportation to find and retain good talent to keep their businesses moving forward. The ripple effect public transportation creates drives not only an individual’s economic prosperity, but local economies across the nation.
Read more here: http://www.voicesforpublictransit.org/blog.aspx?id=04-23-2018
Are you wondering about the necessity of public transit in rural areas? Check out this Infocard from CTAA on the benefits of public transit in rural areas.
Does your community have a need for a bike sharing program? Or do you already have one? Many communities do, but here is some information from CTAA about some success programs. It’s not just for urban areas.
This infographic from CTAA shows what Rural Transit provides in the way of safety versus other modes of transportation:
What to know more about the benefits of riding and/or providing public transit? The National RTAP has compiled a list of compelling statistics from diverse national sources that your organization can add to presentations, brochures, handouts, and advertisements to help demonstrate the many benefits and lasting value of public transit. By using powerful data in your marketing materials, you can influence stakeholders to foster policies and improve funding mechanisms that invest in and expand the reach of transit. Statistics in this toolkit can also be used in direct consumer marketing materials to attract and retain current and future riders.
Read more here: http://nationalrtap.org/marketingtoolkit/Marketing-Tools/Transit-Benefits-Statistics
Understanding the importance of how efficient transit providers benefit the community and the environment is crucial to a successful operation. Efficiency conserves fuel, saves money and helps the environment. Efficiency also gets passengers where they need to go faster and with added ease. The benefits are almost too numerous to count.
Read more here: https://www.ecolane.com/blog/how-efficient-transit-providers-benefit-the-community-and-environment
There’s a new website in town. Kansas Rides, which can be found online at www.ksrides.org, was created to support the efforts of public transportation agencies across the state to provide more information to current and prospective customers about service options.
Transit services across rural Kansas are provided by a multitude of local providers. It is necessary to have a unifying theme or identity for all public transit services to increase coordination and public awareness. Kansas Rides was developed as just that. Transportation resources representing about 80 counties are listed on the website. Counties will continue to be added as information becomes available.
“We’re very pleased with the new website and trust the public will be to,” said Michelle Griffin, Mobility Manager for north central Kansas. “We hope it provides users with a positive and informative channel through which they can learn more about public transit in Kansas and how we can help them improve their public transportation experience.
The idea behind this new resource is to provide a one-stop shop for people needing to know about public transportation services in their area. On the website, you can do the following:
This website does not take the place of local transportation websites, but just adds to the information that can be accessed by people across the state.
The Project WeKan is a website created by the WeKan! Network and the Kansas Sampler Foundation to allow people to collaborate with anyone in Kansas or around the world, who wants to support local projects.
Go to the website https://projectwekan.com/ to see what projects are available for funding and you can make a donation to make a difference.
Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft have been largely viewed as a threat to public transportation agencies, stealing customers and much-needed revenue. These fears are not unfounded. An October report by the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies found that urban ride-hailing passengers decreased their use of public transit by 6%.