aTa Bus is working with the Univerity of Kansas Transportation Center to study fixed public bus routes for Geary County.

Anne Smith, aTa Bus Director,  said they are doing a feasibility study for the. There’s an effort to get firm ideas about potential routes.  She noted they’re also finishing up budgets as well. “I spoke to the county commissioners a couple of weeks ago. We’ve had our state and federal funding approved and we’ve ordered vehicles.”

Smith added they’re planning for three fixed routes. She believes with those routes aTa Bus will be able to cover most of Junction City and Grandview Plaza as well.  She expects the new routes to be in place either late this year or early in 2016.

Right now aTa Bus provides by appointment only transportation service in Geary County.