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Posts: 3 | Created on January 06, 2009 | 3

5-County Regional Transportation Study

By ktocadmin in Featured on Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:49 AM  
Tags: 5county study ecodevo | 2 Comments Post a Comment

KDOT has launched a two-phase study that involves residents, community leaders and transportation representatives to assess changing transportation
needs in five northeast Kansas counties (Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte).


The 5-County Regional Transportation Planning Study has three goals:

1. Assess the multi-modal transportation needs of the region

2. Prioritize needs.

3. Develop strategies to address those needs.

The Study includes several public meetings intended to solicit opinions and information from citizens. To learn the date and location of the next meeting, see the Get Involved page at the Study website.

 

 
Comments 

The Lawrence Journal World has had some recent coverage on the 5-County Regional Transportation Study. It can be found at:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/oct/17/douglas_county_part_1m_fivecounty_transportation_s/

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/feb/20/seeing-what-future-offers/

Sunday, February 22, 2009 12:05 AM

Multimodal Strategy: Invest in a multimodal transportation system that connects people and communities in the 5-County Study area.

The demand and desire to invest in more of a multi-modal transportation system was identified as a need during this study. There were many reasons given including: with the higher fuel prices experienced during the summer of 2008, many people looked for options to travel in personal automobiles; some segments of the region’s population are transit-dependent and need a more robust transit system; transit and bicycle use are more environmentally friendly; and, part of livability is affordability – transportation costs are reduced with non-automobile mode options.

The above paragraphs are out of the draft report. I am confused about the statement that during the higher fuel prices experienced during the summer of 2008, many people looked for options to travel in personal automobiles???

Friday, April 09, 2010 3:51 PM

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