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G8.1 Project title:
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Regional Clean Transit Vehicle Program
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G8.2 Project description: |
KCATA, Johnson County, Kansas and Unified Government will purchase
approximately 20 new CNG, clean diesel and propane ADA-accessible buses to
replace diesel buses that have met their useful life. New regional transit vehicles will attract new riders, reduce emissions, improve air quality, improve operating efficiencies, and promote a more sustainable, domestically-supplied fuel.
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G8.3 Project contact: |
Bill Spies bspies@kcata.org
BJ Garcia rgarcia@kcata.org
Justus Welker jwelker@wycokck.org
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G1. Project Type: |
Public Transportation - Transit Capital
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G2. Funding Stream: |
CMAQ STP
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G3. TIP Number: |
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G4. State: |
Regional (bistate)
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G5. Project county: |
1. Region Wide
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G6. Project municipality: |
1. Multi-City
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G7. Multiple agencies / jurisdictions?
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Yes
KCATA, Johnson County, Kansas and Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas
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G8.4 Purpose and need:
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The new vehicles will significantly reduce emissions and air pollutants and promote transit usage by providing attractive and energy-efficient buses. This directly supports the Transportation Outlook 2040 vision, “A safe, balanced regional multimodal system that is coordinated with land-use planning, supports equitable access to opportunities, and protects the environment.”
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G9. Origin and ending
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Route:
From:
To:
Length (Miles):
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All routes
N/A
N/A
N/A
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G10. Functional Classification:
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Interstate
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G11. In Transportation Outlook 2040?
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Yes
Decade:
2040
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G12. Muli-Agency Plan?
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Yes
This project implements projects included in the KCATA, JCT and UG strategic
capital plans that recognize a modern, attractive, accessible and efficient bus fleet as fundamental to the provision of high quality transit service for the region. This is a Regional Transit Coordinating Council priority project.
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G13. Included in a CIP?
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Yes
Bus replacements for KCATA, JCT and UG bus fleets are included in the agencies’
long-term capital budgets and Strategic Plans for transit improvements and part of the RTCC plan.
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G14. Planning stage:
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Final Plan
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G15. Reviewed by state DOT?
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Yes
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G16. Right-of-Way acquisition: |
All acquired or none needed
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G17. ROW by local public agency process manual?
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Yes
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G18. Other unique local goals and objectives?
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Yes
This project supports RTCC goals and KCATA, JCT and UG system objectives to
develop, provide, manage and coordinate public transit options serving regional
customers and constituencies in a safe, courteous, efficient and innovative manner.
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G19. Transportation Disadvantaged Population:
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Providing safe, convenient, accessible and reliable service to the transportation disadvantaged populations including the low-income, minority, older adults, disabled, persons living in zero-car households, and/or veterans will have a positive effect. Purchase of the CNG vehicles will provide access to jobs and job related activities, employment centers throughout the counties of Jackson, Clay, Plate, and Wyandotte. Supporting and enhancing transit service improves access to jobs, training, medical facilities, etc.
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G20. Relevant Public Engagement:
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KCATA utilizes MARC’s public involvement process to gather public input on transit projects that is transparent and open to the public. KCATA also utilizes focus groups, public meetings, stakeholder meetings, community notices and other transit-related events to provide an opportunity for general community, business and neighborhood level areas to provide input on transit projects. The public feedback will be used in determining project feasibility, design and utilization of various aspects of the project. Strategies and Tools: • hold any public meetings at convenient and accessible locations and times; • employ visualization techniques to describe project plans; and • make public information available in electronically accessible format and means, such as the World Wide Web, to afford reasonable opportunity for consideration of public information. Feedback from the public will be utilized in determining project feasibility, locations, and other project logistics.
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G21. Planned Public Engagement:
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KCATA will continue to involve the public through focus groups, public meetings,
stakeholder meetings, community notices and other transit-related events.
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G22. Sustainable Places Criteria:
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G22.1. Describe CSP relationship:
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Complete Street Design: 1) Integrate transit facilities into street design on transit routes; prioritize pedestrian improvements around transit stops. 2) Apply complete street policies throughout a network and avoid one-size-fits-all complete streets that generically accommodate every mode but work well for none.
Connected Street Networks: 1) Provide direct connections when possible; where connections are impractical, consider alternate/limited mode connections (i.e. pedestrian passages, etc.). 2) Designate certain routes within the network for different transportation priorities & urban design strategies.
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G23. Implements Sustainable Places Initiatives?
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Yes
Build on previous investments and areas of citywide impact. • Livable – Revitalize neighborhoods and provide needed services and amenities. • Connected – Improve connections and improve transportation options. Thriving – Support enhanced areas of employment and create thriving business districts. • Sustainable – Create a sustainable community.
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G24. Serves Regional Activity Center?
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Yes
High-Intensity and More_Walkable Centers
High-Intensity and More_Walkable Centers Transit provides significant economic
benefits and improving transit increases those benefits. KCATA, JCT and UG
support economic development by providing access to jobs and job related
activities, employment centers throughout the counties of Jackson, Clay, Platte,
Wyandotte, Johnson. Supporting and enhancing transit service improves access to
jobs, training, medical, facilities, etc.
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G25. Environmental justice tracts?
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Yes
Present transit services are focused in and around EJ tracts. Providing new, cleaner CNG, propane and clean diesel buses will enhance service and improve air quality in EJ areas, connecting residents to jobs and opportunities.
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G26. Reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
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Yes
Yes. CNG, clean diesel and propane buses are significantly cleaner with less Greenhouse Gas emissions than older diesel buses. Using fuels that emit less CO2 than the diesel fuels that they replace has a direct positive impact on the environment. This air quality improvement is even more significant when new STP and CMAQ funded CNG, propane and clean diesel buses are compared to the 12 to 15 year old diesel fueled buses that are being replaced.
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G27. Natural Resource information:
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Improving transit and transit oriented development helps preserve and protect
sensitive lands from development.
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G28. Community Links at Watershaed Scale:
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The transit system in Kansas City is regional in nature and transects multiple
watersheds. The transit system operates on existing right-of-ways and requires no further development of natural resources. Improving transit and transit oriented development in all aspects helps preserve and protect sensitive lands from development by utilizing existing infrastructure. This in turn, protects
environmental assets throughout all watersheds by not removing or manipulating
existing assets that assist in storm water runoff.
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G29. Explain local land use or comprehensive plans:
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KCATA has conducted a Comprehensive Service Analysis (CSA). This CSA provided a
comprehensive evaluation to determine how to provide better transit throughout
the region including the purchase of cleaner, more efficient transit vehicles. The project also supports the transportation objectives of the RTCC, JCT, UG and
KCATAs capital investment and strategic plans.
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G30.1 Complies with MARC’s CSP?
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Yes
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G30.2 Exception to the MARC CSP?
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No
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Traveler Type (All Ages & Abilities)
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Pedestrians:
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Mobility Aids:
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Bicyclists:
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Transit Riders:
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Cars:
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Trucks:
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Motorcycles:
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Buses:
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Green Streets:
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