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(August 2024)
After nearly two years of technical analysis and public engagement that began in 2022, the East-West study team continued planning, design, and public outreach efforts through early 2024 to refine the Recommended Alternative identified in 2023. Through this effort, a draft Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) was identified.
The below links document the efforts and outcomes of refining the Recommended Alternative into the draft Locally Preferred Alternative from July 2023 to April 2024.
For more information, visit the official project website at www.ridekc.org/planning/eastwesttransit.
After nearly two years of technical analysis and public feedback, the RideKC East-West Transit Study team presented potential station locations along the proposed East-West corridor along 39th Street and Linwood Boulevard, between Rainbow Boulevard and Van Brunt Boulevard. The project has taken significant steps to move forward and your continued participation is needed to make it a success.
(May 2023)
Alignment and Mode Screening Report
After nearly a year of studying potential transit connections from The University of Kansas Health System and the Truman Sports Complex/Rock Island Corridor, the RideKC East-West Study team presented proposed transit scenarios including routes and transit mode at two public meetings in early 2023.
At each public meeting, the study team presented multiple options for transit improvements between The University of Kansas Health System and the Truman Sports Complex, followed by Q&A.
For more information, visit the project website at www.ridekc.org/planning/eastwesttransit.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA), in cooperation with the Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KCSA), the City of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO), the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas (UG) and the University of Kansas Health System (KUHS) is evaluating transit connections between the KU Health System and Van Brunt Boulevard.
This study will provide a roadmap to help fill existing east-west transit gaps, connecting into primary north-south transit corridors, as well as give communities in Wyandotte County and Eastern Jackson County the opportunity to leverage regional assets.
The general study area for this effort is bounded by Rainbow Boulevard on the west, 31st Street on the north, 43rd Street on the south, and Van Brunt Boulevard on the east. The proposed west terminus for the corridor is the University of Kansas Health System campus. The proposed terminus on the east is Van Brunt Boulevard. Consideration will be given to areas outside of the study area with regards to opportunities for longer-term investments or phases of the identified high-capacity transit corridor.
The RideKC East-West study began in late April 2022. As U.S. Congress considers additional funding for national public infrastructure and transit, it is incredibly important that Kansas City position itself to compete for federal funding. Developing plans and local consensus on regional project priorities is essential to this process.
Please click here for the RideKC East-West Transit Study Vision and Guiding Principles Report.