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The Group Living Public Review Draft was released on July 17. There is a 30-day review period when you can send your comments. Please note, if you sent your comments before July 17, you will need to resend them. Before you submit comments, I encourage you to schedule a time to talk with me. I have already met and talked with many of you about this proposal and the problems it is trying to solve. One-on-one and small group discussions have been very useful to me and to residents. I also encourage you to read my narrative detailing the history, process and the proposal itself.
There will be a public hearing and vote of the Planning Board on August 19. The proposal will come to the Council in September for discussion, public hearings and ultimately a vote in October. These proposed text amendments to the Denver Zoning Code would update residential use regulations to increase housing opportunities and flexibility for many residents.
- Download public review draft (PDF)
- Read brief overview of proposed amendments (PDF)
- Read detailed overview of proposed amendments (PDF)
- www.DenverGov.org/groupliving.
How to submit comments on the draft:
- Submit written comments by email: andrew.webb@denvergov.org and michael.hancock@denvergov.org by August 17.
- Prior to the Council vote this fall, Councilwoman Black or her aides are able to meet with you to discuss the proposal.
- In addition to meeting with me, you can also meet virtually with a member of the project team in a small group or one-on-one to ask questions and share comments: Sign up for an appointment.
- All comments received during the review period (July 17 – August 17) will be reviewed by staff, who may make additional changes to the draft amendments based on community input. All comments will also be shared with the Denver Planning Board ahead of the board’s review of the amendments.
- Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting (virtual)
- Introductions – 42 in attendance
- Meet every month 2:00pm-4:00pm
- Mobility for All
- Technology Workshops
- Trained 20 Ambassadors
- 9 active in post-COVID Events
- 25 Workshops in 2020
- 17 Pre-COVID, 8 Post-COVID
- 137 People Attended
- 46 Pre-COVID, 91 Post-COVID
- Program Evaluation
- Local Coordination Council
- 9 stakeholder interviews
- 5 Peer Agency Interviews
- Hopelink
- Maryland Department of Transportation
- Rabbit Transit
- Ride Connection
- Tompkins County Coordinated Transportation Planning (Ithaca, NY)
- 155 Survey Respondents
- How valuable was the transportation assistance
- I need transportation service to
- Outcomes-based evaluation Framework`
- Top Priority items
- Improve Marketing & Visibility
- Strengthen Metrics to Demonstrate Results & Outcomes
- Sustainable Funding
- Strengthen Project Practices
- Improve LCC Design and Inclusive Planning
- Focus on Sub-Populations within Boulder County
- Ride Fee Lafayette
- Making A Video
- Bus Wrap
- Creating a map
- Program w/ Thorne Nature Group on access to Art Center- focused on low income children
- Local Coordination Council
- Trained 20 Ambassadors
- Technology Workshops
- RTD LiVE Program
- Marketing
- Updating website
- Providing partner toolkits
- LiVE videos: introduction, common questions: applications, etc. and now that you have your LiVE card
- Shareable on social media in English/Spanish and closed captioning
- Email blast to LiVE subscriber list
- Data for enrollment for each county is being evaluated for variables
- Boulder LCC is wanting to launch a program for Boulder non-profits for training
- Offer 2 months of transit pass subsidies
- Program updates:
- LiVE Certification is every year
- 15-45 days to receive card
- Kimberly Ford is working with human service organizations and homeless shelters to see the barriers they are having. Part of the Taskforce Denver Homeless.
- Marketing
- Grant Coordination: Letters of Support/ Commitment
- DRCOG HST Set Aside
- Ride Free Lafayette – year 2
- RTD Access-a-Ride Certification Center Feasibility Study
- Analyze where people are signing up from
- Site selection
- Electric Vehicle CarShare Proposal
- Via Mobility Services
- eGo Car Share
- looking into 2 to 3 eGo cars at housing authority sites
- Mobility for All
- DRCOG HST Set Aside
- Via Mobility
- SRC’s Transportation Program
- Transition began July 1,2020
- Expansion of Via’s Service Area
- Updates:
- Not accepting new riders at this time, hopefully 1st of October
- Current time frame for rides, 7:30-2pm-hoping to expand time frame by hiring more drivers
- Takes 4-4 ½ weeks to train new drivers
- Getting new uniforms, badges, brochures, and cleaning supplies
- Currently getting buses wrapped and doing COVID trainings
- Looking into Route Match for on demand rides-further down the road
- Susan Umper (sp), travel trainer is stepping down. Training Denise Stratioko (sp) to take over.
- SRC’s Transportation Program
- SH 119 First & Final Mile Study
- What is the First and Final Mile Gap
- A first or final mile gap is a barrier that discourages potential riders from using transit because a station cannot be easily accessed from home, work, or other destination.
- Can include trip distances, street network and design, or lack of available transportation options.
- The easier it is to access the system; the more likely people are to use it.
- What is the First and Final Mile Gap
- Categories of Recommendation:
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Connections
- Crossings
- Corridors
- Walking/biking across SH 119
- Wayfinding signage
- Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
- Shared Parking (Gunbarrel station only)
- Microtransit (Gunbarrel station only)
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Connections
- Process:
- Assessment of baseline data and previous plans
- Public and stakeholder engagement
- Recommendations
- Corridor-wide
- 3-4 stations with additional detail
- Implementation
- Funding sources
- Phasing
- Cost estimates (upfront capital and ongoing maintenance)
- Schedule
- Task 1: Consultant contracting, kick-off, scoping meeting and public outreach plan:
- April-June 2020
- Kick-Off Meeting May 2020
- Stakeholder Meetings (x10) June-Nov 2020
- Public Engagement July 2020
- Deliverable Due June 2020
- Task 1: Consultant contracting, kick-off, scoping meeting and public outreach plan:
- Task 2: SH 119 First and Final Mile Corridor-wide Evaluation and 63rd Street transit Station Shared Parking:
- May-Sept 2020
- Deliverable Due August 2020
- Task 3: First and Final Mile Corridor-wide and Local Recommendations:
- July-Oct 2020
- Deliverable Due October 2020
- Task 4: Prepare Draft and Final Report:
- Oct 2020-March 2021
- Deliverable Due Dec 2020 and March 2021
- What to Expect
- Small, station area-specific focus groups
- Stakeholder meetings
- Public engagement in mid-summer
- Draft recommendations
- NEXT MEETING
- Monday 9/14/2020
- Location: virtual (Microsoft Teams)
- Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
August 10, 2020
Hi Denver Bike Sharing family!
Many of you have asked what we have been doing over the last months and the future of Denver Bike Sharing. As you may know, the City of Denver and DOTI asked for program submissions to be their micro-mobility contractor in March. We participated, submitted our proposal on April 30, 2020 and last week we were notified we were not selected.
Our goal was to continue a non-profit led, local, community based system with a product vendor with our same values that would allow us to expand and grow. We could not talk about our program at the time but here was our vision:
- We’d selected a new vendor partner, Veo, a female led micro-mobility company. An independently profitable company, (not a VC backed) with great products and technology. They are very selective about the markets they enter to ensure profitability.
- We love Veo’s diverse product mix. Our bid included continuing a pedal bike program, adding e-bikes and two forms of scooters (stand up and sit down for users with limited mobility) and an adaptive hand cycle. Their products and components have between a 12 to 36 month lifespan.
- Veo has a successful track record of gender equity and diverse hiring and is the only micro-mobility company that is a member of the Nat’l Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
- DBS and Veo committed to hiring all w2 employees, no 1099’s. DBS has always had w2 employees, we convinced Veo to do the same in Denver.
- We brought our community with us:
- A $240,000 DRCOG grant for education and safety messaging.
- A partnership with Denver Housing Authority to have locations and programming starting at multiple housing sites.
- Trade advertising partnership with transit and tourism agencies of over $300,000.
- Support from Bicycle Colorado, RTD, NETC, VISIT DENVER, Gates Foundation, The Denver Broncos and other partners.
- Support from our long list of community sponsors
- A new Equity and Diversity Advisory Board to guide successful program expansion and activation in opportunity neighborhoods.
- An adaptive bike share program.
- Pedal bike minimum age limit reduced from 16 to 13 so we could partner with programs like Safe Routes to Schools.
- Geo fenced station based system for the pedal bikes and incentives for the e-products so as to have an organized right of way and allow us to have hundreds of stations in current and new neighborhoods.
We are very very proud of the bid we put forth.
Couple of closing notes about Denver B-cycle. Some have asked what did we do with the bikes? We re-purposed them all. We sold some to other B-cycle cities that are expanding and we donated 350 bikes to NETC to support their neighborhood bike libraries. So you will still see them tooling around and hopefully that makes you smile as much as it does us.
We also want you to know that DBS will not be sharing any of your data with the newly selected city vendors. We gave you our word when you joined us and we will honor it.
The DBS office will officially close on August 31st. We are planning a big garage sale in our space on August 14 and 15 to liquidate our equipment – tools, benches, bike stands, industrial shelves etc and office equipment – desks, shelves, filing cabinets in case you are interested. The sale will start at 9:00 am and end at 3:00 PM each day. Masks are required and only three people will be allowed at a time. Cash or PayPal only.
We mostly want to thank you. We could not be more proud to have served you and our city for the last 10 years. Denver was a leader – part of something special & visionary – and was the forerunner of bike sharing. We said in 2010 and we will continue to say it – it was a “two-wheeled revolution”.
We, the DBS team, are grateful to have been a part of it. Part of being local means we were able to develop relationships with all of you over the years – we thank you for your calls (the good and the bad!) for your support and most importantly for riding.
Ride on.
The DBS Team
About Denver Bike Sharing
Denver Bike Sharing is a charitable, non-profit organization. Denver Bike Sharing serves as a catalyst for a fundamental transformation in thinking and behavior by operating a bike sharing system in Denver to enhance mobility while promoting all aspects of sustainability: quality of life, equity, the environment, economic development, and public health.
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