SALINA, KS – KANcycle, a bike-sharing program of OCCK Transportation, has integrated its system into a single account and app experience. The new offering, available in Transit, enables riders to plan a multimodal trip, and unlock a bike with just a few taps.
By merging transit and bike-share into one experience with Transit, OCCK Transportation and KANcycle are making it easier to keep North Central Kansas moving. In the last three years, bike-share has seen increased popularity. By bringing these services together in Transit, KANcycle and OCCK Transportation are taking connectivity a step further, creating a combined option that brings mobility options together in one place.
“We are focused on enhancing our customers’ experiences, including providing new, convenient tools that make it easier to choose and use KANcycle, CityGo, 81 Connection, and all available public transit options,” said Michelle Griffin, Mobility Manager for North Central Kansas. “Partnering with the Transit app and KANcycle to make a seamless experience for our riders is part of the plan to use innovative transit technology to keep North Central Kansas moving.”
“Bringing bikes and buses together in one app, with one account, makes it easier than ever to ditch the car and start riding with Transit instead,” said Trell Grinter, OCCK’s Director of Transportation. “We’re excited to see more people using Transit as part of their daily routine.”
With a few taps, users can search for bus information, including routes and stops, as well as bike sharing locations. The app will take them directly to the Movatic app to complete their bike sharing experience.
Transit is available to download for iPhone and Android at www.transitapp.com or www.salinacitygo.com/transit.
KANcycle regional bike sharing provides North Central Kansas, including Salina, Minneapolis, Concordia, Belleville, Mankato, Beloit, Lincoln, and Ellsworth, with convenient, affordable access to bicycles as an easy, fun, healthy and eco-friendly means of transportation and recreation. OCCK, through a collaborative funding partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, brings you KANcycle powered by Movatic.
OCCK, Inc. provides services in north central Kansas to anyone with any type of long or short-term disability, starting as early as birth and following people through their whole lives. OCCK provides an array of supports for success at home and in the community, including independent living skills and supports, employment and career training, Alzheimer’s supports, autism services, assistive technology, children’s services, transportation, specialized therapies, and home health care.
OCCK is committed to providing transportation services to the general public, seniors, and persons with disabilities, through a variety of programs, including a fixed route service in Salina, CityGo, a regional paratransit service that serves fourteen counties, non emergency medical transportation for people with Medicaid, as well as non emergency medical transportation for clients of Salina Regional Health Center, a regional fixed route service, 81 Connection, KANcycle – the regional bike sharing program, GoAbilene public transportation, KanConnect, the regional fixed route, and the newest program, GoConcordia.
For more information about OCCK, Inc., visit www.occk.com. For more information about CityGo and OCCK Transportation, visit www.salinacitygo.com. Or, contact the OCCK Transportation Center at 785-826-1583.
For more information about KANcycle, visit www.kancycle.org.
About Transit: Transit solves the urban commute in more than 200 cities worldwide. Users can easily navigate public transit with accurate real-time predictions, simple trip planning, step-by-step navigation and quick, easy payments. The app also integrates additional transport modes — bikesharing, scooters, carsharing and ridehail — so users can mix-and-match their options with transit to determine the best way to get from A to B. The company is based in Montréal, QC. Learn more by visiting www.transitapp.com.