Virtual press conference and webinar by Mayor Hancock – May 5, 2020
Transit AdvocatesDenver’s Mayor, Michael Hancock, issued a press conference on May 5th at the city and county building of Denver, to give an update on his “Stay at home” order. With the progression being made, the Mayor feels confident in moving to phase…
Via’s Monday Morning Cup – May 4th
Transit AdvocatesVia discussed the transportation they have been providing in the Boulder area during quarantine. Via is currently delivering food from grocery stores, food shares, and farmers markets. They are also dropping off prescriptions from local stores…
Elected Officials Town Hall for Central/East Central/Southeast Denver – April 30th
Transit AdvocatesThe Electeds Town Hall meeting with representation from Central, East Central, and Southeast Denver focused on updates from each of the representatives and featured an update from Dr. Bill Burman with Denver Health.
Some of the more notable…
DRCOG’s Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (TAC) – April 27th
Transit AdvocatesSummary of DRCOG’s Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (TAC)
Monday, April 27, 2020
The meeting was held virtually due to the stay at home order in place. Of significance was an amendment to the 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement…
HCPF Disability Community Webinar – April 24th
Transit AdvocatesJulie Reiskin – Executive Director, CCDC
CCDC will always fight to maintain Medicaid services, and has made recommendations to HCPF about not making cuts to Medicaid services for people with disabilities, use the budget absolutely NOT…
Douglas County Transit Solutions (DCTS) – April 24th
Transit AdvocatesThe Town of Castle Rock will be further exploring 3 transit service options as part of the transit feasibility study. The recommendations went to Town Council earlier this week as part of a Council update. Here is a little summary from the presentation…
CPC & Care Management – April 21st
Transit AdvocatesDRMAC presented to a group of nurses, physicians, pharmacists and administrative people at the Westminster Medical group. The health care professionals were all super aware of the connection between transportation and good health. As each person…
Rocky Mountain ADA Service Animals Training – April 21st
Transit AdvocatesThere are visible and invisible disabilities, ones you can see and ones such as mental health issues that you can't. However, there is a difference between a disability and an impairment. A disability constitutes something that hinders your…
Mile High Connects (MHC) – Governance Working Group – April 17th
Transit AdvocatesApril 17, 2020
2:00-4:30pm
Objective: Provide clarity and advise steering committee on MHC’s fiscal sponsor process by developing criteria and implementing a selection process that ensures MHC can achieve community impact and adequately…
Ride Alliance Ride Hub meeting – April 17th
Transit AdvocatesThe Ride Alliance project is “owned” by DRCOG with funding from CDOT to design and implement a virtual hub to allow paratransit providers and alternative service providers in the greater Denver metro area to share rides. As an example, if…