Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation has begun the discovery phase of a proposed $25 million road interchange improvements project for the 175th St./U.S. Highway 56/I-35 overpass in Gardner. KDOT predicts the key interchange in Gardner will be over capacity by...

Johnson County is developing a transportation connection plan for the rural, southwestern fringe, all in response to the new Panasonic Energy Electric Vehicle Battery Plant in De Soto about to come online at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. The...

The city of Roeland Park is eyeing six spots along Roe Boulevard to install covered bus benches. In a meeting last month, the Roeland Park City Council voted 7-0 to approve the locations for six covered bus benches, which the...

Starting this Saturday, Overland Park will offer shuttles downtown on Saturdays for the next two months, coinciding with the city's popular farmers market. The move comes as the Overland Park Farmers Market is at a temporary home this summer outside...

The era of free bus rides on fixed routes may be coming to an end in Johnson County. A plan is in the offing to return to a fare system, ending the free fares that were instituted throughout the...

There are no longer 50 e-bikes coming to two northeast Johnson County cities. The cities of Mission and Roeland Park in the past two weeks have decided to pull back from $500,000 worth of federal grant funding that would have...

Overland Park officials are revisiting a decade-old plan that has guided infrastructure development in the city's rapidly growing south to address transportation needs in an area once considered on the rural fringes of Johnson County. This year, Overland Park plans...

Changes Johnson County is contemplating for its fixed bus routes could prompt significant changes to the county's paratransit service for riders with disabilities. The county commission is considering a transit strategic plan that emphasizes enhanced fixed routes with more frequent...

After months of sometimes-heated discussion, public meetings and a resident petition, the Kansas Department of Transportation still seems to prefer a plan to build a new interchange at Kansas Highway 10 and Lone Elm Road. On Thursday, KDOT officials hosted...

Preparations for the long-awaited Interstate 35 and Santa Fe Street interchange and corridor improvements project planned in Olathe are moving ahead, with work potentially starting as early as this summer. The project — estimated to cost around $200 million and...

Lime Micromobility has removed its shared electronic scooters and bikes from Overland Park streets, the second major e-scooter and bike vendor to pull out of the city in the last year-and-a-half following a similarly abrupt exit from Bird. Lime was...

After a three-month break over winter, work rebuilding the I-435 bridge at Midland Drive in Shawnee recommences this Friday, bringing with it road closures and renewed anxieties for businesses in the area. The closure of Midland Drive at I-435, as...