Topeka Metro
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| Founded | 1973 |
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| Headquarters | Quincy Street Station, 820 SE Quincy St, Topeka KS 66612 |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 12 |
Daily ridership | 5,732 |
| Operator | Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority |
Chief executive | Robert Nugent |
| Website | topekametro.org |
Topeka Metro is the fixed-route and paratransit public transportation operator in the city of Topeka, Kansas. It carries passengers Monday through Saturday on 12 routes. Topeka Metro also runs a paratransit service during its service hours.
History
[edit]Officially the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority, it was founded in 1973.[1] It is governed by a board of seven directors that serve four-year terms.[2] The system recorded its' highest ridership in 2008 with 1.8 million rides.[3] In April 2015, Topeka Metro launched the state's first bikeshare system. Topeka Metro Bikes (TMB) the bikeshare program ended on July 30, 2020.[4]
Topeka Metro was named Transit of the Year 2018 by the Kansas Public Transit Association.[5] Topeka is recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a bicycle-friendly community, and Topeka Metro is recognized as a bicycle-friendly business.
Quincy Street Station
[edit]Shoreline Metro has a heated transfer center built in 1991 located in the central business district at 828 Pennsylvania Avenue, providing safe shelter for Shoreline Metro passengers.[6] In addition to being a transfer point for all Shoreline Metro fixed routes (with northbound routes using the west lane and southbound routes using the east lane), the transfer center is also serviced by several intercity bus services, including Indian Trails, Jefferson Lines and Lamers Connect (on weekends). The transfer point also has a physical office to provide customer assistance and sell daily and monthly paper bus passes open during regular business hours. Formerly the heated shelter space contained a vending machine for passes and tokens, but it was withdrawn from service in 2021 upon the system adding the option for mobile app-based fare payments using the Canadian-based parking and bus payment provider, HotSpot, who is also the vendor for app-based payments for municipal parking in Sheboygan.[7] The heated shelter is closed during the summer.
Routes
[edit]| Topeka Metro Bus Routes and Detours[8] | ||
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| No. | Description | Notes |
| 1 | Oakland | Oakland Line & Schedule |
| 2 | North Kansas | North Kansas Line & Schedule |
| 3 | East 6th | East 6th Line & Schedule |
| 4 | California | California Line & Schedule |
| 5 | Indiana | Indiana Line & Schedule |
| 6 | West 6th | West 6th Line & Schedule |
| 7 | Washburn | Washburn Line & Schedule |
| 10 | West 10th | West 10th Line & Schedule |
| 12 | Huntoon | Huntoon Line & Schedule |
| 17 | West 17th | West 17th Line & Schedule |
| 21 | West 21st | West 21st Line & Schedule |
| 29 | West 29th | West 29th Line & Schedule |
Fixed route ridership
[edit]The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "About METRO". Topeka Metro. December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Metro Board". Topeka Metro. October 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Topeka Metro Long Range Transit Plan" (PDF). March 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
- ↑ Hrenchir, Tim (April 15, 2015). "State's first-ever bicycle sharing program kicks off in Topeka". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Topeka Metro Wins Awards at Kansas Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting". www.MassTransitMag.com. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Sheboygan Transit Center". The Sheboygan Press. October 18, 1991.
- ↑ "Shoreline Metro Transit Development Program (TDP) 2021—2025" (PDF).
- ↑ Effective August 12th, 2018 Archived January 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Topeka Metro
- ↑ "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved July 21, 2023.
External links
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