Latest News & Current Happenings

The Boulder County LCC met virtually via Microsoft Teams on October 12, 2020.
Mission – Overcome transportation gaps in the community
o Multi-modal education
Boulder LCC Priorities
o Understand Medicaid transportation better
o Ride Free Longmont and now Ride Free Lafayette
o Address gaps in transportation in Boulder outside of RTD coverage

Boulder LCC Updates

DRCOG HST funds
Boulder received either partial or full funding on all grants submitted
Coordinated HST plan being launched
5 year strategic plan
Going to be doing a funding inventory (CCAM)
Ride Free Lafayette
Has had 658 riders & 598 trips
LiVE education
Boulder is still promoting this
Doing workshop series to educate community
RTD Board seat for District 1 is still open
Can learn more and apply here: https://www.bouldercounty.org/news/bouldercounty-commissioners-to-appoint-rtd-district-i-director/

Presentations & Organization updates

 M4A Loteria Project
Came about from Latino outreach plan
Wanting to keep transportation relevant to this community
There will be 2 phases
Educate stakeholders and educate the public -this is on hold due to COVID
DRMAC MATT (Metro Area Transit Training)
Goal is to get people out of SOV transportation
Will train in-person (groups up to 5 people)
Will offer online training (unlimited group number)
Translators must be provided by organization
Training will center around Union Station and will include
How to purchase tickets, finding your route, transfers, safety, use of
Lyft scooters and bikes,
Via
Still recruiting drivers
Getting good feedback on expansion
Limiting training group sizes at this time
RTD
Currently still operating on COVID service plan
Walked through proposed service changes coming in January
Find full list here: https://www.rtd-denver.com/service-changes
There is now a RTD Homeless Taskforce – to address homelessness at Union station and across system
Broomfield/Boulder – transportation discussion
Transportation gaps include healthcare access and Flexride coverage
Having further discussions on shared lessons learned in pilot programs and LCC structures/focus
Are there data points that each county should be collecting to see where
more gaps are?
How do you measure the trips NOT taken when people give up on asking
for help?
Broomfield will be doing a needs assessment next year

NEXT MEETING

o Monday 12/14/2020 (No November meeting)
o Location: virtual (Microsoft Teams or possibly Zoom)
o Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
o Topic: 2021 LCC work plan

Following public comment, there was an Introduction of On-Call Consultants – North Highland Vice President, Anna Danegger, and Project Manager, Tanya Eydelman. They provided an introduction of their firm and expectations of their proposal to the committee. Ms. Danegger explained that North Highland has provided similar services in the past for other transit agencies such as New Jersey Transit.

Appointment of Subcommittee Chairs – Co-Chair Murillo recognized and thanked the appointed chairs for each subcommittee. Rutt Bridges has been designated as chair for the Finance Subcommittee. Julie Duran Mullica has been designated as chair for the Governance Subcommittee. Deyanira Zavala has been designated as chair for the Operations Subcommittee.

Subcommittee reports:

• Finance Subcommittee – Rutt Bridges reported the subcommittee reviewed financial reports to try and get a better understanding of RTD’s financial resources and documents. The subcommittee has received additional informational briefs to assist the subcommittee in making informed decisions on their tasks at hand. The subcommittee also reviewed and approved their objective guidelines.
• Governance Subcommittee – Doug Rex reported the subcommittee reviewed and approved their objective guidelines. The subcommittee decided the first area of focus would be reviewing governance models from regional transit agencies around the nation.
• Operations Subcommittee – Matthew Helfant reported the subcommittee received a presentation from RTD staff on how they conduct service planning. They also received a brief presentation from DRCOG staff on transit service planning that included best practices and importing considerations. The subcommittee decided their first area of focus will be on equity and best practices of fare structures.

Strategic Priorities for Subcommittees – Co-Chair Jones presented the draft strategic priorities for each subcommittee for consideration by committee members. Over the past couple months, subcommittees have initiated conversations around the focus areas identified in the RTD Accountability Committee scope of work. The Committee’s co-chairs lead a discussion to focus on key areas for further exploration and ultimately the development of recommendations.

Members were grateful to the co-chairs for creating these guidelines. A few additional requests from members included adding a specific focus area that addresses the issue on reliability of RTD services, specifying a focus on customer experience, and a way to incorporate customer/consumer engagement.