- CASTA Conference 2025
- We had discussions of the struggles running RCC’s/ LCC’s
- Funds for projects
- Transit options to connect to certain areas or blended counties
- Working groups to not duplicate work. Collaboration
- Growing populations and areas
- CASTA is creating a new website
- The site will include:
- All RCCs (Regional Coordinating Councils)
- All LCCs (Local Coordinating Councils)
- Contact information for each
- Site not yet active
- Transportation & Environmental Leadership in Adams County
- Commissioner Lynn Baca
- Focusing on:
- Sustainability & Transportation in Adams County
- Electric Vehicle (EV) Initiatives
- Cross-Department Integration
- Community-Centered Approach
- Read the full message
- RTD Title VI Program
- RTD is federally required to update its Title VI Program every three years to ensure transit services are equitable, accessible, and nondiscriminatory — especially for BIPOC, low-income, and limited English proficient communities.
- Community Input Needed: RTD gathered feedback through May 14, 2025. Public involvement will shape final updates.
- Info: rtd-denver.com/T62025
- The site will include:
- We had discussions of the struggles running RCC’s/ LCC’s
- Access-On-Demand – Jaime Lewis
- Jamie Lewis shared background and updates on upcoming Access on Demand tier changes, focusing on fare, trip cap, subsidy, and ADA service parameters.
- Shared bike/scooter legislation by Denver City Council
- Nathan Pope announced new shared bike/scooter legislation taking effect June 2026, featuring mandatory parking zones, sidewalk riding detection, adaptive devices, and a user education test.
- DRCOG Transportation Voucher Program
- Must be:
- 60+
- Live in the service area
- Highlands Ranch Link On Demand
- Started at the end of May
- Building off Lone Trees’ successful program
- Already seeing high numbers of ridership
- Current phase – public outreach
- Have
- WAV vehicles
- Curb-2-curb services
- By end of month there will be new locations added to the service
- Find more information, including how to download the app, on the website
- Started at the end of May
- C-470 Express Lane closure over the next two weekends
- Health Department Offices are Moving
- AllDouglas County Health Department Offices are Moving
- If you are looking for Douglas County Health Department services – such as WIC, vital records or environmental health, – please be aware that beginning Monday, July 7th, all services and employees will be located at 11045 E. Lansing Circle, Suite 300, in Englewood (Meridian), Colorado.
- There will be no disruption to services of any kind, including Vital Records (birth and death certificates) or WIC.
- Must be:
- Integrated Transit & Multimodal Study
- Completed the survey Feb. 3-23.
- Final meeting 1st week of May with DRCOG.
- Deliver Final Plans June 2025
- Funds are from DRCOG TIP- Implement Pilot Project for 2026-2027
- Long-term:
- Local: City, Town, County
- Regional: RTD, DRCOG TIP
- State: State Legislative Funding
- Federal: Federal Transit Administration
- Ride Too has a promotion going
- Early Access: ridetoo.us/early-access
- The first 25 people and orgs to sign up get two free rides.
EasyRide
- Sending out FlexRide flyers in the client packets
- Haven’t received any negative feedback related to the FlexRide recently
- Recommending using it to get to Kaiser/Good Samaritan complex who live in the North Broomfield service area
Transportation
- Broomfield Transit Study:
- Kicked off summer outreach at the BrewHaha which went well
- Community connector is being prioritized highest, followed by EasyRide investment and increased FlexRide service hours
- Option 2 to Orchard has more votes, but there is still interest in connection to the community center
- Next week the team will hold a focus group with local agency stakeholders
- Next popup event is Bike to Work Day
- Kicked off summer outreach at the BrewHaha which went well
- August 2025 Service Changes
- Restoration of FF4 Service between Civic Center and Boulder Junction
- 228A/F Proposal to connect US 36 & Flatiron Station to new stop at US 36 & McCaslin Station (Gate C, Superior side) via Marshall Rd, Sycamore Street, Center Drive, and Marshall Rd.
- Schedule timing improvements for:
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- 76 Wadsworth to improve on-time performance and service reliability
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- 120 to allow for better connections to the N Line at Eastlake/124th Avenue Station
- FlexRide Zero Fare Summer
- DRCOG’s Transportation Voucher Program- Norberto Corona
- Presented by Jonathan Dean
- Choice Services Program from ADRC
- Must be:
- 60+
- Live in the service area
- Main contractors
- RTD
- MedRide
- Uber
- HopSkipDrive
- No income restriction to be part of the program. However, they are obligated to enroll people with higher needs (lower income, etc) first.
- No paperwork – all done over the phone
- Must leave a message – no live calls taken
- Language services are provided during phone call
- Can call: 720-278-2345 ext 1
- $250/month in rides for those already signed up
- Have stopped added in people to waitlist
- 500 ppl being served
- 500 ppl on wait list
- They’ve created a pilot program called Go Light
- Can take 1 round trip per month
- Strictly for medical, groceries, legal, housing matters
- This is only for new people added after wait list
- Can alternatively ask for an RTD monthly bus pass or 12 Access-a-Ride passes
- Must have pre-qualified for AAR
- Via’s weekend program
- 75 trips averaged on Sat/Sun
- Only 3 weekends done so far
- Need to talk more driviers to be able to drive weekends
- Funding from CASTA grant
- Rings June 1st through August 31st
- Rides run 9am – 4pm
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