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
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%.
A new study published by SURTC investigated the current state of aging in place in small urban and rural settings throughout the country and quantified the costs for residents to live at home and ride public transportation versus moving to an assisted living facility. Overall, simulation results showed that the cost of assisted living was almost always higher compared to other alternatives. Homeowners without mortgages had the lowest costs followed by apartment dwellers and homeowners with mortgages. Policy makers should consider the potential cost savings from aging in place found in this study. Seniors and their families can potentially save thousands of dollars annually by remaining at home and utilizing home health and public transportation services.
The full report and executive summary can be found at the link below:
Aging in Place in Small Urban and Rural Communities
For more details, contact Del Peterson at Del.Peterson@ndsu.edu.