Members of the board that oversees the Regional Transportation District approved rail and bus service cuts at their virtual meeting Tuesday night. Read more
DENVER (KDVR) — The Mile High United Way is expanding Colorado 2-1-1 to meet an unprecedented demand of calls regarding COVID-19. Read more
Below are details for the mobile food distribution:
Friday, April 3rd
11:30a – 1:30p
Elks Lodge – 3690 S. Jason St., Englewood, CO 80110
Veterans looking to utilize this resource must sign up in advance to receive food. Click here to sign up.
If you do not have internet access, call 210-629-0020 to sign up.
*Information from National Council on Aging (NCOA) newsletter
Affording healthy food is a challenge for many older Americans, but the spread of COVID-19 has made matters worse. Tell older adults about these options for assistance so they have one less thing to worry about.
- Location: Meeting by phone
- Introductions
- APAC members
- RTD
- Contractors
- Public Comment
- Concerned about RTD’s position on denying 360 people in wheelchairs unlimited access to paratransit in the last 2 years. APAC should address this.
- ACPD (Advisory Committee for People w/ Disabilities) Update by Dr. William Gross
- Had ADA Hero awards – 4 given out
- Discussion about High Blocks and who can use this space
- There has been congestion and problems surrounding use of the High Block
- This is ongoing problem and ongoing discussion
- Snow removal around RTD bus stops
- Issue because it is not owned by RTD…it’s a city and county issue
- Jaime Lewis wrote letter to mayors drawing their attention to the problem and informing them how important it is to fix.
- APAC new members
- Katie quit = Malia is replacement
- Empty seat = filled by Donna
- Merv Martin is staying on the committee
- 2 empty seats remain
- OTHER: 5 members terming out in July
- Need to recruit to fill these seats
- Several applications on file
- Could be mentioned in the Read & Ride flyer
- Need to recruit to fill these seats
- Anything from the last meeting?
- AaR – once you miss your first trip, then all future trips are cancelled.
- This is NOT true (per RTD)
- Joe – there should be a protocol as to whether or not to expect the driver to call rider if they can’t seem to find the pick up location.
- Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t – should be one way or the other
- AaR – once you miss your first trip, then all future trips are cancelled.
- RTD
- COVID-19 Response
- Call center is restricted
- 1 day call in advance to ride
- Temporarily has stopped all subscription rides
- THEY HAVE NOT REDUCED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
- Trips are lessening (this is a good thing)
- Trying to slow the service down to observe social distancing
- They have increased the cleaning to once a day
- Important! – Subscription trips will automatically start up again once COVID-19 danger levels go down. Riders do not have to call in to reschedule these subscription rides.
- RTD has postponed AaR eligibility process temporarily
- New applicants will be given presumptive eligibility with unrestricted access until they can be screened
- Reassessment riders will be given the same level of service they had before until they can be reassessed.
- RTD Driver Shortage Issue
- May service changes to fixed routes WILL NOT impact AaR (per RTD)
- Pre-COVID-19 – RTD was at ¼ of 1% short on drivers (nearly full employment). That is to be compared to 10% short 6 months ago.
- RTD Board Meeting tonight by phone – 855-962-1128
- Technology Update – AaR Customer Service Portal
- Being developed in house
- App will have ability to
- Cancel future trips
- Book future trips
- See real time stops and ETA
- Accessibility being checked by 3rd party company
- Late estimate is an August launch
- COVID-19 Response
- Next meeting May 12th – most likely by phone
Yesterday our State and City representatives sent out a very innovative call to action that DRMAC thinks you might be interested in participating in. They have assembled a list of 40,000 senior citizens across Denver that we will be calling to do wellness checks on.
When needs arise throughout Denver, our City Councilors will receive them and then let our group know about how we can help. That said, we won’t know if people need help if we don’t call them!!!
The biggest need right now is to hit the phones and start calling our senior citizens throughout Denver! Here is the link to register:
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