- 2025 Mobility Heroes Campaign has begun. Fill out the nominations at the following link https://boco.org/MobilityHeroesSurvey
- 1/14 APAC meeting updates:
- Implementing new short survey after you call the reservation & customer care calls at the end of march. The survey will be an automated Dialpad survey.
- RTD is still analyzing the data before making changes to Access-on-Demand. Any changes will be implemented on May 1st and feedback sessions are TBA.
- 2/25 1-3:30pm there will be an in-person joint Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties Coordinating Councils. Goal of this meeting is to learn the barriers and gaps that people in these communities face and how we can address them
- Boulder Canyon Extra Update
- Boulder County has been contracting with Via to offer Boulder Canyon Extra as of December to address transportation for students (one time in morning and one time in afternoon). This service was voted to continue in afternoon through May 2025. It leaves downtown boulder station at 5:15pm up to Nederland High School and back down to Boulder.
- Winter Bike to Work Day is on 2/14
- Mountain Rides Transportation Update
- Service will continue 3 days/week in January and in February it will go back to Wednesday & Thursday service
- Downtown Boulder Station Expansion
- 5 new bus gates constructed on 14th St. between Canyon Blvd. and Arapahoe. Completion date will be sometime summer 2025.
- RTD Civil Rights Title VI Program Update
- RTD Transit Assistance Grant (TAG) Program https://www.rtd-denver.com/transit-assistance-grant-program
- Provides RTD ticket books or mobile tickets for clients with immediate needs to increase independence, access to community. Last year they issued 229,352 3-hour passes.
- Webinar on 1/23/25 at 1pm
- New micromobility on-demand transit program in Longmont: Ride Longmont https://appadvice.com/app/ride-longmont/6736586322
- Topic #1: Denver Connector – Recap of 2024 Performance & Other Trends – David K. / Justin B (20 minutes)
- Overview and Future of the Denver Connector
- Outreach and Communication Strategies for Transportation Programs
- Discussion on outreach strategies for improving service awareness in specific neighborhoods.
- Topic #2: RTD Service Restoration Recommendations – Phoebe Fooks, Senior City Planner (20 minutes)
- Service Restoration and Communication Strategies
- Recommendations for transit service restoration priorities for 2025 and beyond.
- Recommendations for RTD Service Restoration
- Endorsement and Support for Regional Growth Strategy
- Service Restoration and Communication Strategies
- Next meeting scheduled for March 19th
- Broomfield Transit Study:
- Will be developing recommendations over the next two months
- New RTD District I representative Karen Benker, representing Broomfield to Longmont
- RTD Access-on-demand service/Paratransit Peer Review
- Changes/cuts could be made to Access-on-demand. Proposed changes:
- Implement a fare of $4.50 per trip, $2.25 for LiVE program enrollees
- Provide up to a $30 subsidy per trip
- Allow up to 30 trips per month
- Limit service to the Access-a-Ride boundary (3/4-mile distance between non-commuter bus routes and rail lines).
- Customers must be enrolled and actively use Access-a-Ride for 90 days prior to enrollment in Access-on-Demand
- Limit service hours to reflect current fixed-route service hours
- Presentation overview of current program, challenges and recommendations
- Survey is availablethrough Jan 14
- More meetings will be hosted in Spring once Board provides direction on changes
- Changes/cuts could be made to Access-on-demand. Proposed changes:
- Broomfield Housing Alliance
- Breaking ground on IDD housing development (The Grove at Cottonwood) in April of 2025
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- Will be procuring a van for transporting individuals for group activities
- Connected with DRMAC for travel training
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No cost legal assistance, resources, etc.
- Free basic immigration legal services
- Help with driver’s license, Colorado ID, ITIN, DACA, green card, naturalization
- Advice about “Public Charge”
- Xcel Bill assistance through Energy Outreach Colorado
For more information visit their website at: https://dicp.org/programs/immigrant-center/
Easy Ride
- New sign-ups keep rolling in
- Evaluating 5310 grant opportunity
- CASTA software customized to Colorado transit agencies is in development
- BCH trips 3 days a week trips M, Tu, Wed 9:30-3:00
- Both BCH locations in Boulder and Erie
Transportation
- Transit Study: Existing Conditions report in review
- RTD/FlexRide:
- RTD January
- Broomfield North expansion
- AB service pre- covid level 30 min service and new pattern
- FF5 extra service
- LD another round trip
- adding Via Varra area to the Interlocken FlexRide service area
- RTD Access-on-demand service/Paratransit Peer Review
- RTD January
- Changes/cuts could be made to Access-on-demand
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