May 16, 2016

KCATA receives National Award for Safety and Security Efforts

(Kansas City, Mo. – May 16, 2016) The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority won top national honors this weekend for its efforts to bolster bus safety on the road and… Read the rest

May 4, 2016

Conceal and Carry on Transit Legislative Alert

Representative Ron Hicks has distributed an amendment to SB 656 which would add his conceal carry on transit language to the bill. SB 656 is a bill dealing with other conceal… Read the rest

May 2, 2016

Transit is on the Move in MO this weekend

Exciting additions this weekend in MO for TRANSIT! MPTA is excited to see all the new transit service, partnerships and events around transit this weekend in Missouri.… Read the rest

May 2, 2016

KCATA offers free bus fares this Friday in celebration of streetcar opening

The Kansas City region will join together offering free bus fares on Friday, May 6, in celebration of the historic opening of the new downtown Kansas City streetcar. The… Read the rest

April 29, 2016

RideKC Bridj service to expand to River Market area

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) announced today that its new RideKC: Bridj microtransit service will expand service starting on May 2, 2016. Residents… Read the rest

April 27, 2016

Meet MPTA: Meet St. Joseph Transit

As a part of the Missouri Public Transit Association’s efforts to promote our members and the services they provide in MO, we are launching a new series, MEET MPTA… Read the rest

April 27, 2016

Want to go to Camp? TransportationCamp coming to KC in June

TransportationCamp is an unconference bringing together transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation… Read the rest

April 21, 2016

2016 Transit Midwest Partnership Conference right around the corner

You are invited to join transit providers, stakeholders and riders on  August 14-17, 2016 at The Westin at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri for the joint 2016… Read the rest

April 13, 2016

Help ensure Move Missouri Forward Program is Multi-Modal

Now is the time to help ensure Missouri Moves, a cost share program for communities to fund local projects, is multi-modal and funded to the highest amount possible. Section… Read the rest

April 8, 2016

MO Senate passes Appropriations bill with additional operating funds for transit

Before leaving on Thursday, the Senate took up and passed all of the appropriation bills including adopting the House position on transit assistance funding.  This included… Read the rest