The Denver Regional Air Quality Council is supporting Bike to Wherever Week (September 21-25!) by encouraging people and organizations to nominate someone who regularly bikes rather than drives to be a part of a social media story series. If you want to nominate a coworker, friend or family member, submit a quick description of how they use their bike, as well as their name and contact information to the Simple Steps. Better Air. program at sgoodwin@raqc.org.
Member Highlight: Montbello Organizing Committee-Mayra Gonzales
• Began when last full-service grocery store left the neighborhood. Have been working with RTD to maintain/improve bus service throughout the neighborhood and connections to the A-Line.
• Working on multimodal and built environment – The FreshLo Initiative combines health, economic development, creative placemaking, and equity.
o Sustainable Food Access System
o Ongoing Community Engagement
o Walkable Loop
o The FreshLo Hub
• Community Solution – The HUB:
o 182,436 gross sq. ft.
o 7 floors with underground garage
o Full-service grocery store
o 6 local retail spaces
o 6 community office spaces
o Performance and cultural center: Performance space & theater, lobby gallery space, & 6 rehearsal & recital rooms.
o 97 units of affordable housing (1, 2, 3 bedrooms)
Sun Valley Subcommittee Breakouts
• Outreach and Marketing Subcommittee
o Coordinate outreach to various community stakeholders including community organizations and youth in area.
o Create resources including rider guides and app-based transit resources, and connecting youth to programs that aid them in becoming more experienced & confident public transportation users.
• Safety & Security Subcommittee
o Connecting youth & transit police and formulate & implement strategies to improve relations & create open dialogue between these two groups
• Data Analysis Subcommittee
o Access various datasets to help improve outcomes for youth in transit
o Example: Showing percentage change in number of youth transit passes purchases
o Example: Acquire data surrounding time it takes for youth to get to school & after school programs by taking public transportation.
Subcommittee Reports
• Safety & Security Subcommittee
o Work with data team to define goals; figure out if safety is an issue.
o Work with RTD for sensitivity and cultural training.
o Are there negative interactions and what are the demographics of those interactions?
o The difference between DPD and RTD transit police.
• Outreach and Marketing Subcommittee
o Short term – helping youth feel safe with COVID-19.
o Making it cool to use the bus; truck/car culture within the neighborhood.
o Connecting with other groups within the community and have intersection goals with (i.e West Area Plan) and local neighborhood organizations/amentities.
• Data Analysis Subcommittee
o Accessing specific datasets may be difficult, such as youth ridership. Need to verify if we can get that data or if it will have to be just overall ridership of the Decatur-Federal Station. Jyotsna will verify with RTD.
o Work with other subcommittees to provide data for their groups.
o Work with WalkDenver to look at pedestrian safety and access to transit stops.
o What data are we asking for and why are we asking for: increase youth transit ridership and make transit a safe transportation option.
o DOTI has looked at bus stops along the Federal corridor (2019) – Lindsey & Christian to look into that data.
Next meeting:
September 16, 2020; 9-10 AM
Zoom Meeting
The Broomfield LCC had a great meeting. They have a new webpage that is featured as a page on the City/County website, and they post the Zoom meeting information there to encourage all residents to join the meeting. A number of the attendees gave updates – DRMAC, Via Mobility, RTD, Commuting Solutions, the City/County of Broomfield, Broomfield EZ Ride, Workforce, and more. The group listened to a summary of transit nationally from RouteMatch, a transit software agency,which recently was acquired by Uber, and discussed how those issues were reflected in the area. There was also a discussion about Intelliride, the statewide NEMT provider, and how their service was progressing both locally and statewide. The next meeting will be held virtually on the 2nd Friday of September at 9:30. See meeting access information at http://broomfieldlcc.com/
This report summarizes how hybrid electric buses can be used as on-demand, mobile electric-power generators during emergency response and recovery. The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) partnered with the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics and Hagerty Consulting to develop a Bus Exportable Power Supply (BEPS) System that will give hybrid buses the capability to act as on-demand, mobile electrical-power generators. Read more
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