INC Transportation Committee – January 9, 2020
Transit AdvocatesTopic 1 – RTD Board Perspective on Operator Shortage, General Manager Search, and Reimagine RTD – Jeff Walker, RTD Director (District D) Q & A
Driver Operating Shortage
Service changes every 4 months
Reductions often happen…
Douglas Local Coordinating Council – January 23, 2020
Transit AdvocatesLocation: Douglas County Government building (100 S 3rd Street, Castle Rock)
Intros & Updates (19 attended)
Empower Health Partners (Natalie)
Her business provides resources and services
Bob Epstein
Legislation…
ADA Paratransit Advisory Committee (APAC) – January 14, 2020
Transit AdvocatesRTD-Civic Center Plaza, 1560 Broadway 19th Floor Conference Room
What starts the 6 minute wait clock?
- Shuttle arrives at pick-up point and driver presses “Arrive” on the MDC
Driver Shortage Update
- RTD continues to search…
SAPGA – Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging
Transit Advocates
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/agingstrategy
The Colorado General Assembly and the Governor formed the Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging with passage and signage of House Bill 15-1033 in 2015 (key provisions, and fiscal…
Boulder Local Coordinating Council – January 13, 2020
Transit Advocates
Administrative Updates:
Boulder County – changing county administrators.
Mobility for All will now be under Community Planning & Permitting instead of Transportation
Why the change?
Continuity & oversight since…
Denver County Local Coordinating Council – December 18th, 2019
Transit AdvocatesSpeakers - Naomi Amohoaw-Goldneck from the American Heart Association shared about her participation with the Denver Streets Partnership. Her focus is working on transit policy and establishing a working relationship with local City Council…
People Centered Transportation Committee (PCTC) – December 9th 2019
Transit AdvocatesThis was the second kickoff meeting, with the new structure and aims of PCTC. PCTC efforts are to improve Non-Emergent Medical Transportation. In attendance, there were representatives of various community agencies, seeing how they can contribute…
Denver Commission for People With Disabilities – December 5, 2019
Transit AdvocatesKrystin Trustman presented the DRMAC (Denver Regional Mobility Access Council) Getting There Guide, a transportation resource on transportation in the Denver Metro Area.
The Guide is published annually in five languages.
It lists different…
RTD Advisory Committee For People With Disabilities – November 21, 2019
Transit AdvocatesACPD presented 5 ADA Hero Awards for drivers and dispatch personnel who have demonstrated an exceptional performance.
The Regional Leadership Academy presented their project to collect ridership data for riders using Access-a-Ride. Data…
Douglas Local Coordinating Council – Nov 21, 2019
Transit AdvocatesLocation: Castle Rock Senior Center (2323 Woodlands Blvd)
Intros & Updates
Faye Estes
Waiting on funding from RTD & CDOT for 2020
Getting new bus for Senior Center
Celebrate: approved for full funding amount requested
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