Is Johnson County "commutable" to Lawrence/KU?

[KansasDB]

There is a bus, and it leaves Johnson County Community College and goes to the KU campus and back, and it's available for anyone who wants to get over to KU--just don't miss the return route. Look up the "JO" and Johnson County and Kansas and bus or something like that for the schedule. The commute is okay unless there is snow and ice. I would say about 45 minutes, but you then have to park (requires a permit) and walk to class. The bus could be a really good alternative to all that.

[kcmo]

You know, I posted this in the second post, does anybody read my posts? Probably not .

Originally Posted by kcmo

Part of the college experience is living on or near campus. Commuting to a major campus like KU would really change that experience, but maybe if your cousin is "running wild" it might keep him out of trouble.

I think it's totally doable. You will go against the traffic on K-10 and it's not any longer of a drive them most people's daily commutes.

Also, there is pretty good bus transportation between JoCo and Lawrence, so he could save even more money by taking the bus back and forth.

Johnson County Transit - The JO (http://www.thejo.com/Routes/K10.shtml - broken link)

He could also take some classes that might be offered at the Edwards campus in JoCo.

[RjRobb2]

I know lots of people that not only commute to JoCo but also the Missouri side and while it takes a chunk of time, it is feasible if living in Lawrence is worth it to some people. If I had to live anywhere in Kansas, it would be Lawrence. It is an awesome little city and one of the jewels of the midwest IMO.

[luzianne]

Definitely. I went back to KU and took some classes in 2005/2006. I live in Prairie Village and it took me 45 minutes from my house to the parking lot across from Allen Fieldhouse. Lenexa or Olathe would be even closer to 435/K10. Also, he K10 Connector is a bus that runs from Johnson County Community College to KU - so he could park at JCCC and catch the bus to KU if he wanted to. Another option, depending on what he wants to major in, would be the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park. They have a 2+2 program (istart2finish.org) where he could take two years at JCCC and then two years at the Edwards Campus to graduate.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by luzianne

Definitely. I went back to KU and took some classes in 2005/2006. I live in Prairie Village and it took me 45 minutes from my house to the parking lot across from Allen Fieldhouse. Lenexa or Olathe would be even closer to 435/K10. Also, he K10 Connector is a bus that runs from Johnson County Community College to KU - so he could park at JCCC and catch the bus to KU if he wanted to. Another option, depending on what he wants to major in, would be the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park. They have a 2+2 program (istart2finish.org) where he could take two years at JCCC and then two years at the Edwards Campus to graduate.

Hey neighbor! Dang, you drive fast! It takes me 15 min. just to get to I-435 from the P.V. area! I count on another 10-15 from the time I hit the first stoplight on K-10 in East Lawrence to a campus parking lot. That doesn't leave much in your 45 min. for the "in-between" drive.

[Okey Dokie]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

Hey neighbor! Dang, you drive fast!

I always thought the "unofficial" speed limit on K-10 was somewhere around 85. Or at least that's what it has always seemed to me.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Okey Dokie

I always thought the "unofficial" speed limit on K-10 was somewhere around 85. Or at least that's what it has always seemed to me.

Unfortunately that explains some of the deadly wrecks on K-10 between Lenexa and the K-7 ramp. That was ok back when K-10 was opened but 25+ years later it is too congested to be safe with such speed during normal commuting hours. A neighbor/friend was killed in that stretch a few years back because someone thought that was the speed limit.