Boulder County Local Coordinating Council (LCC) – 10/12/2020

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