Stay Informed During Inclement Weather

New Ways KCATA Keeps Transit Customers Informed During Inclement Weather

(Kansas City, Mo. – January 6, 2010) When winter weather hits metropolitan Kansas City, Metro customers now has more ways to easily find bus delays and reroute information.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (ATA) strives to keep buses on route and on schedule, but sometimes road conditions cause changes in normal service.
From a computer or mobile device, transit customers can check for announcements of reroutes or extended delays at http://www.kcata.org, as well as on The Metro’s Twitter account and Facebook fan page.
KCATA’s tweets are found at http://twitter.com/KCATAMetro.
The Metro Fan Page is available at at http://www.facebook.com/KCATAMetro.
Another new online resource is WebWatch, where Metro customers can track their buses live with The Metro’s GIS technology. Riders can simply log on to http://www.kcata.org/maps_schedules/webwatch/ for the map that actually shows their bus’ location. Customers can also get the predicted arrival times of their bus.
In addition to the online resources, The Metro makes available a printed brochure that identifies routes where road conditions are most likely to require a reroute. The Moving Right Along brochure details The Metro snow plan which lists predetermined reroutes and details on clearing major park-and-rides.
Customers can pick up brochures at Metro schedule racks located at libraries, hospitals and social service agencies. Information is also available at http://www.kcata.org/rider_guide/snow_plan/.
Customers can find out if The Metro is using the snow plan reroutes by tuning in to local television stations or official Metro snow radio stations; visiting http://www.kcata.org, Twitter or Facebook; or calling the Regional Call Center at (816) 221-0660.
Metro road crews are out on heavy snow days to treat heavily trafficked bus stops and Metro Park-and-Rides:

• Boardwalk Square MetroCenter
• I-70 & Blue Ridge, Bannister & Drury
• Red Bridge & 71 Highway
• Antioch Shopping Center
• Gregory & Wornall
• 74th & Wornall
• First United Methodist Church
• Second Mission Baptist Church in Grandview

Other park-and rides will be cleared by property owners as quickly as possible.
To plan a trip, visit http://www.kcata.org or http://www.google.com/transit, or call the Regional Call Center at (816)221-0660 between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays.