Peer Cities Transit Report Summary September 2018 his report serves as a benchmark for our regional transit PEER & ASPIRATIONAL REGIONS Tsystem and how it compares to peer transit systems in Peer transit agency — a transit agency similar in size and landlocked terms of funding, ridership, service area and density. The geography to Kansas City’s primary transit agency, KCATA. These agencies majority of data was collected from the National Transit are color-coded in green throughout the report. Database, the 5-year American Community Survey and a Primary transit agency Urbanized area custom survey sent to the transit providers included in the report. It strives to provide insight into the factors that affect Capital Metro Transporation Authority (CapMetro) Austin transit agencies around the country. Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Charlotte Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) Cincinnati The Peer Cities Transit Research Report was first created in Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) Columbus 2011 to support work by Johnson County’s Transit Funding Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation Indianapolis Task Force (START), as well as to aid in ongoing discussions (IndyGo) regarding the development of a strategy for regional transit Transit Authority of River City (TARC) Louisville investment in Kansas City. The report was updated in 2014 to serve as a resource for MARC’s transportation committees. Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) Memphis Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) Milwaukee Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Nashville Metro Transit/Bi-State Development (Metro) St. Louis
! Minneapolis- Aspirational transit agency — an agency that generates the degree of St. Paul ! ridership, funding and transit-supportive culture that the Kansas City area Milwaukee would like to see in the future. These agencies are color-coded in blue ! ! Pittsburgh throughout the report. ! ! Columbus Indianapolis ! Denver Primary transit agency Urbanized area _^ ! ! Cincinnati Kansas City St. Louis Louisville Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta ! (MARTA) ! ! Nashville Charlotte Regional Transportation District (RTD) Denver Memphis ! Atlanta Metro Transit Minneapolis-St. Paul Port Authority of Allegheny County (Port Authority) Pittsburgh ! Austin Home transit agency — color-coded in red throughout the report. Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) Kansas City
2 Peer Transit Analysis Summary of Significant Findings
State and Local Spending Per Capita State Operating Funding Kansas City transit agencies spent $50.15 per capita in state and local In 2016, the Kansas City UZA received $2.5 million in state operating operating funds in 2016, ranking 12th out of 15 UZAs. This falls below both funding, ranking 10th out of 15 peer and aspirational UZAs. Kansas spent $1.9 peer and aspirational agency averages in this measure. Population of the million of this total, while Missouri spent $610,000. Kansas City’s total state urbanized area was used to figure the per capita rate. operating funding is well below the peer and aspirational UZA average of $49.4 million. Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee significantly drove up State and local operating funding per capita this average, with state operating funding levels at or above $80.6 million. 2016 National Transit Database, 2016 5-year American Community Survey
Pittsburgh 1 9.02 22.44 1 1.4 Total state operating funding 2016 National Transit Database Denver 0.1 141. 1 141.9 Minneapolis-St. Paul 12 .44 11.04 1 4.4 Minneapolis-St. Paul 41, ,0 241, 94,0 Austin 0.01 10 . 0 10 . 2 Pittsburgh Milwaukee 0,5 1, 55 St. ouis .14 9 .51 104. 5 St. ouis 1 ,5 9,229 Charlotte 9. 5 .41 .1 Charlotte 1 ,4 2, 0 Milwaukee 5 .05 1 . 0 4. 5 Atlanta 1 ,405,1 0 Columbus 0.4 .2 . 1 Indianapolis 10, 95,240 Atlanta 2. . 9 .5 Nashville , 0,211 ouisville 1.5 50.10 51. Memphis , 0,9 2 Nashville .4 4 .14 50. 1 Kansas City 2,5 4, 5 Kansas City 1. 2 4 .5 50.15 ouisville 1,52 ,250 Cincinnati 0. 5 41. 2 42. 1,2 ,199 Peer average 2. 4 Aspirational Cincinnati Indianapolis .91 21.94 2 . average 12 .12 Columbus ,199 Memphis . 2 21. 9 2 .51 Denver 45 ,000 Austin ,41 State funding per capita ocal funding per capita
• The average combined state and local per capita funding for peer UZAs, including Kansas City, is $62.74. • The average combined state and local per capita funding for aspirational Urbanized area or UZA — an incorporated area with a UZAs is $126.12. population of 50,000 or more as defined by the U.S. Census • Many UZAs receive the majority of their operating funding from local Bureau. The urbanized areas used for this report are from sources. The Minneapolis-St. Paul, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee UZAs all the 2010 Decennial Census. receive the majority of their operating funding from their respective states.
Mid-America Regional Council 3 Transit Funding in the Kansas City Metro Area Other models for sales taxation from peer and aspirational transit agencies are based on a combination of city and county sales taxes or service area Transit funding varies widely across the Kansas City region. In 2016, the sales taxes, including: contributing jurisdictions in the Kansas City region averaged $25.97 per capita on transit services. Locally, Kansas City, Missouri, had the highest • Austin: 1 percent sales tax on service area members. contribution with $114.31 in local investment per capita. North Kansas City, • Columbus, Ohio: 1/4 percent sales and use tax on voters in the COTA Missouri, contributed $98.63 in local investment per capita, while Kansas service area. City, Kansas, rounded out the top three with $30.99 in local investment per • St. Louis: one cent total sales tax in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and 1 capita. The top three cities are unchanged from the previous version of this 1/4 cent sales tax in St. Louis County, Missouri. report. These top-ranking municipalities averaged more local per capita contributions than both peer and aspirational agencies, while jurisdictions • Atlanta: 1 1/2 percent in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and 1 percent in totaling over 49 percent of the metro’s population (Independence, Lee’s Fulton, Clayton and DeKalb Counties in Georgia. Summit and Johnson County) fell significantly below the regional average. • Denver: 1 percent sales and use tax in the regional transportation district. Per capita investment by jurisdiction Fare Comparison KCATA and 2016 National Transit Database KCATA (and the RideKC system as a whole) charges the second-lowest 140 fare rate of any primary transit agency. Only CapMetro in Austin charges less, at $1.25. 120 114. 1 9 . 100 Cost of single ride bus fare 0 0 .00 2. 5 2. 5 40 2.50 2.50 0.99 Jurisdictional average 25.9 2.50 2.25 20 2.20 9. 9.2 2 2 2 5. 9 . 0 1.9 1. 5 1.05 0.95 2.00 0 1. 0 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 1.50 iberty 1.50 Riverside ladstone Raytown Blue Springs 1.25 Independence ee’s Summit North Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Kansas 1.00 Johnson County, Kansas