Kansas City bus riders enjoy faster, more frequent service through Metro Area Express (or MAX) Bus Rapid Transit (or BRT). Due to the success of MAX on Main, which saw a doubling of riders in its first five years, a new BRT route opened in January on Troost.  This line serves the city’s highest ridership corridor.  Like MAX on Main, it also features the latest technology in the transit industry and only costs $1.50 a ride (with free transfers provided to the rest of the Metro system).

MAX uses easy-to-identify vehicles, highly visible information markers and newly designed and well-lit passenger shelters. Information markers feature real-time MAX arrival information so riders always know how close a MAX is to their stop.

MAX is known for:

• Fewer stops for faster service
• Well-lit, attractive stations featuring real-time arrival signs loaded with information
• Uniquely designed, accessible passenger shelters with attractive landscaping
• Hybrid buses
• Easy, convenient schedules and route maps
• The latest GPS technology for reliable, rapid service

Troost MAX also boasts three new art installations that were recently unveiled, paid for by Kansas City’s One Percent for Art program.  Each of these public artworks drew upon community input and local history. 

Jan recently attended an unveiling of the piece entitled “Unite” by the artist Jefrë. His tall sculpture draws on the image of hands coming together, indicating a joining together or a way to cross a divide.  Jefrë also had children from the area draw pictures of themselves as adults, working in their future jobs.  The children’s drawings are incorporated into the sculpture that now stands at 39^th and Troost.   Pictured (left to right) are Ross Beaudoin of St. James Parish who provided a blessing of the sculpture, Jan, Jackson County Legislator Scott Burnett and City Councilman Ed Ford. 

Another artwork entitled “Every Day I have the Blues” by David Dahlquist, can be found at 75^th and Troost. The third is a kinetic sculpture entitled “Catalyst” by Matt Dehamers and is sited at 31^st and Troost.  Click here to see it in motion. Or see photographer Eric Bower’s dynamic picture.