Lee’s Summit needs more bus service
This is becoming a common story all over the metro - people looking for relief from rising transportation costs are turning to public transit only to find bus systems already at capacity and with little room for new passengers. Buses coming into the city from Johnson County, the Northland, and Eastern Jackson County are all at standing room only these days.
Unfortunately the KCATA cannot simply add more buses on these routes unless the suburbs pay for them. No city outside of KCMO has a dedicated transit tax, so their service in the suburbs is limited to what the cities pay for each year.
The Lee’s Summit City Council recently directed city staff to explore adding a fourth daily round trip to Downtown, at a cost of $34,000 per year.