About Us
Transit Action Network is a grassroots organization working to improve and expand public transit in the Kansas City region.
We believe it is important to be informed and involved.
We believe it is important to stand up and speak out in favor of improved transit.
We strive for multi-modal seamless transit throughout the region.
We encourage people to use transit and make lifestyle changes so that transit is a viable choice for them.
We invite everyone to join our network.
We are:
Active Involved Constructive Vocal
Passionate Nimble Visible Empowered
Pragmatic Outspoken Scrappy Results-Oriented
Dues: NONE
Money is not a barrier to being an advocate. We don’t have an executive director, offices or office expenses. Instead of dues we pay for our own individual expenses. We would rather have your involvement than your money. There is plenty of work and fun to go around!
Improving transit tends to be a long slow process. Transit studies can take a year or more. Maintaining funding sources for transit is very difficult. So TAN is very pleased with its accomplishments in its first year.
Major achievement: In 2010, TAN identified the need for a city ordinance to stop KCMO from diverting large amounts of money away from transit. TAN then initiated a campaign and built a network of organizations and individuals to make this happen. In December 2010 the KC City Council passed an ordinance that would restore funding to public transit by $4 million a year. See A Great Victory for Transit ! and Celebration of Transit Victory
Some additional accomplishments:
- Elevated the issue of “Seamless Transit” and in response MARC has convened a seamless transit workgroup.
- KCATA posted the first schedule information for a JCT route on the Waldo KCATA schedule poster at our request (now they have done the same at 75th and Troost)
- TAN co-founder Ron McLinden was named to the MARC Transit Committee
If you want to help improve the transit system in the KC region, please contact us.
