Metro Area Express

{{Short description|Bus service in Kansas City, Missouri, USA}}

{{About|the express bus network in Kansas City, Missouri, United States||Metropolitan Area Express (disambiguation){{!}}Metropolitan Area Express}}

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| name = Metro Area Express

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| image = File:TroostKCMax.jpg

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| caption = Troost Avenue Max Line in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri

| type = Express bus service
Bus rapid transit

| system = Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

| status = Operating

| locale = Kansas City Metro Area

| stations = 87 Currently

| routes = 3 Routes
4 Planned

| daily_ridership = 2,155 (2020)

| open = 24 July 2005

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| stock = 28 Gillig Low Floor buses

| linelength = {{Convert|32|mi|km|adj=on}}

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The Metro Area Express (MAX) is an express bus service with bus rapid transit characteristics run by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Its first line, on Main Street, was first operated on July 24, 2005; the second line, on Troost Avenue, opened on January 1, 2011; and the third line, on Prospect Avenue, opened on December 9, 2019.

MAX operates traditional bus service and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

MAX features dedicated lanes and special traffic signalization.