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Kansas Rural Transit ITS: Pilots to Assist with Regionalization

Kansas Rural Transit ITS: Pilots to Assist with Regionalization. Lisa Koch, AICP Kansas Dept. of Transportation. Presentation Outline. Kansas Transit Background Future Kansas Transit Business Model ITS Pilots Next Steps. Kansas Rural/Specialized Transit. Rural General Public Transit

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Kansas Rural Transit ITS: Pilots to Assist with Regionalization

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  1. Kansas Rural Transit ITS:Pilots to Assist with Regionalization Lisa Koch, AICP Kansas Dept. of Transportation

  2. Presentation Outline • Kansas Transit Background • Future Kansas Transit Business Model • ITS Pilots • Next Steps

  3. Kansas Rural/Specialized Transit • Rural General Public Transit • 100 Providers • Providers vary in size and coverage area • Specialized • 75 Specialized Transit Providers • Providers vary in size, coverage area, and client-type

  4. No transit service* *No transit service funded by KDOT

  5. No Public Transit Service* *No transit service funded by KDOT

  6. Kansas Transit Background • Current Structure: Coordinated Transit Districts • Created in 1992 by statute to require regional coordination. • Each CTD is managed by a volunteer • Very Limited funding associated with administration of CTD • Members are KDOT grantee transit providers (limited membership otherwise)

  7. Coordinated Transit Districts

  8. Future Business Model: • Mobility Management Districts • 10-12 districts that defined by travel patterns. • Each district would have one Mobility Manager that KDOT would fund directly • Required to meet a specific level of service • Can subcontract with other transit providers • The lead agency will use “One Call” dispatching.

  9. CTD vs. MMD

  10. ITS Pilots • Using Rural Transit ITS Pilots to inform a future statewide business model change • Pilots started in 2006: • Reno County Area Transit (Hutchinson, Kansas) • DSNWK (Hays, Kansas)

  11. Background Topeka Hays Hutchinson

  12. Reno County Area Transit • 3 Fixed Transit Routes • Paratransit Service • 6-10 Vehicles in Operation • 1-2 Dispatchers on Duty

  13. DSNWK (Hays, KS) • Primarily Paratransit • Limited Fixed Route • 6-10 Vehicles

  14. Pilot Components • AVL – Automated Vehicle Location • CAD – Computer Aided Dispatch • MDT – Mobile Data Terminals • Report Generation

  15. Server Location • Both dispatch sites work off a central server, located at KDOT Headquarters in Topeka. • Not a 24/7 service • Regular updates/reboots • Outages common

  16. “It’s wonderful…when it works…” • On-time Performance is Better • Pressure is off the Dispatchers • More consistent routing (less dispatcher deviations)

  17. Consistency is Key • More layers when troubleshooting problems • CAD Vendor • MDT Vendor • KDOT (Topeka) • Local • No (or little) reduction in paperwork • What do you do when there is no written manifest and the CAD system is down?

  18. Future For Pilots • Off-site server hosting • Software upgrade • 3 new pilot sites • Statewide rollout – next 5 years

  19. Thank you! Lisa Koch, AICP Public Transit Manager lisak@ksdot.org 785-296-4907

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