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| Founded | 1982 |
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| Headquarters | Olathe, Kansas |
| Locale | Johnson County, Kansas, Kansas City Metropolitan Area |
| Service type | Transit bus |
| Routes | 11 |
| Fleet | 83 |
| Daily ridership | 1,800 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 415,800 (2023)[2] |
| Operator | First Transit[3] |
Johnson County Transit is a public transit operator in Johnson County, Kansas. It is the operator of 11 local bus routes in Douglas, Johnson, and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Jackson County in Missouri.
Johnson County Transit started operations in 1982 as Commuteride and began operating as The JO in 1986. The JO took over service from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, which provided service in Johnson County until 1981.
In November of 2014, The JO was re-branded into "RideKC" – a branding effort designed to unify all Kansas City metro area transit providers under a single fare and route structure.[4]
In 2023, the system had a ridership of 415,800, or about 1,800 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Jobs at The JO
- ^ "Johnson County reassumes day-to-day management of Johnson County Transit from KCATA".