Johnson County Transit is a public transit operator in Johnson County, Kansas. It is the operator of 22 Local Bus routes in Douglas, Johnson, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Jackson County in Missouri.
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.
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