Johnson County Transit
Johnson County Transit is a public transit operator in Johnson County, Kansas. It is the operator of 13 Local Bus routes in Douglas, Johnson, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Jackson County in Missouri.
| Founded | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Olathe, Kansas |
| Locale | Johnson County, Kansas, Kansas City Metropolitan Area |
| Service type | Transit bus |
| Routes | 22 |
| Fleet | 83 |
| Daily ridership | 1,700 (weekdays, Q3 2023) |
| Annual ridership | 288,600 (2022) |
| Operator | First Transit |
The JO, as it is generally called, 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.
Since November of 2014, The JO has been re-branded into "RideKC" – a branding effort designed to unify all Kansas City metro area transit providers under a single fare and route structure.
In 2022, the system had a ridership of 288,600, or about 1,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.