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How would you improve transit in Lawrence?
Lawrence residents weigh in about how they would improve the city's public transit system.
- Lawrence, KU hosting public forums to discuss public transportation, transit depot idea
- February 8, 2012
- The city and KU will host three public meetings next week to get feedback on proposed changes to the transit system, and city leaders said they still want to hear feedback about the idea of locating a transit hub in the Santa Fe Depot at Seventh and New Jersey streets.
- City adds 3 hybrid diesel-electric buses to public transit fleet
- August 11, 2011
- Three new hybrid diesel-electric buses joined Lawrence’s public transit fleet on Thursday. The 40-foot buses operate similarly to a hybrid car, and the end results, city leaders hope, are significant reductions in fuel costs, maintenance costs and pollution.
- City wants public input on changes to bus routes
- February 17, 2011
- Riders of the city’s public transit system should prepare for route changes, especially if they travel in or near North Lawrence, Haskell Indian Nations University or the Prairie Park neighborhood.
- Lawrence city transit service shuts down early because of severe weather; late start planned on Wednesday
- 12:44 p.m., February 1, 2011 Updated 05:00 p.m.
- Well, they lasted a lot longer than school buses did. The city’s public transit system opened on Tuesday and ran for most of the day before inclement weather caused it to shut down at 4 p.m. — four hours earlier than normal.
- Lawrence transit system getting six new buses that are shorter and cheaper
- November 30, 2010
- The city’s public transit service is set to unveil six new buses that are a full five feet shorter than the 30-foot buses the city has been using since the system began in 2001.
- Lawrence public transit systems honored by state, federal associations
- Ridership increase since KU, city bus lines merged is best in the state
- September 27, 2010
- It’s being hailed the “Best Bus Around,” and state and federal officials are smiling.
- Guide outlines transit changes
- July 22, 2010
- Transit officials are looking forward to improving service, attracting more customers and more closely matching supply with demand when it comes to getting riders from here to there and back.
- Lawrence to buy six transit buses
- 12:00 a.m., May 26, 2010 Updated 10:21 a.m.
- The cuts at Lawrence City Hall just keep coming. Commissioners Tuesday cut 5 feet off a half-dozen city transit buses.
- Lawrence Transit bus winds up in ditch near East Hills Business Park
- April 7, 2010
- A Lawrence Transit bus found itself in a ditch near the East Hills Business Park Wednesday afternoon.
- Bus changes proposed
- April 7, 2010
- Smaller transit buses likely will be coming to some Lawrence streets, along with several other changes to the public transportation system.
- City OKs bus deal with KU
- February 17, 2010
- A new jointly operated bus maintenance facility is the next stop for the city and Kansas University in their efforts to make their two bus systems operate more as one.
- Lawrence City Commission to consider $4.5 million bus facility at Tuesday’s meeting
- February 15, 2010
- Lawrence transit leaders say a plan for a new $4.5 million joint maintenance facility may be the most important step yet in making the city and Kansas University’s bus systems operate as one.
- City officials get more details on buses that will be hitting Lawrence streets next year
- January 27, 2010
- A hybrid bus on its way to service in Kansas City, Mo., stopped in Lawrence so city officials could see what they’ll be getting next year, when the first of three such vehicles is delivered by Gillig Corp.
- Public checks out hybrid bus at Lawrence City Hall
- Bus will be on the road in Lawrence Wednesday
- January 26, 2010
- The public is invited to climb aboard a hybrid bus, one just like the three expected to enter the city’s transit fleet in the middle of next year.
- KU and city open public meetings to review proposed transit changes
- January 21, 2010
- Gary Brunk’s neighborhood would lose its traditional, fixed-route bus service in favor of a more responsive, so-called “curb-to-curb” arrangement requiring people to call for rides 24 hours in advance. And he’s all on board with the plan.
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