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 Today CTD Proposed MMD Coordination Not requiredRequired Dispatching Free-for-all“One-Call” Level of Service Requirement NoYes

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 Hutchinson Hays Topeka

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