CDOT is Holding Public Meetings on its Transit Plan

None in the Denver area. Or in Boulder. Or anywhere near Fort Collins. Or Grand Junction. These are supposedly upcoming, but nothing seems to be scheduled.

So for what it is worth, here are the announced meetings:

Tuesday, October 1 at 4 - 6 pm
La Junta Senior Center
102 E. 2nd Street
La Junta

CDOT Region 10 Office
300 North Cascade Avenue, Suite 1
Montrose

Wednesday, October 2 at 4-6 pm
Summit County Senior Center
0083 Nancy's Place
Frisco

Monday, October 7 at 4-6 pm
Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments
3224 Independence Road, Suite A
Cañon City

Tuesday, October 8 at 4-6 pm
City Council Chambers
101 West 8th Street
Glenwood Springs

Tuesday, October 15 at 4-6 pm
Washington County Fairgrounds
551 East 2nd Street
Akron

Wednesday, October 16 at 4-6 pm
Steamboat Springs Community Center
1605 Lincoln Avenue
Steamboat Springs

Thursday, October 17 at 4-6 pm
Grand Park Community Recreation Center
1 Main Street
Fraser

Monday, October 21 at 4-6 pm
Buena Vista Community Center, Piñon Room
715 E. Main Street
Buena Vista

Limon Community Center, South Room
477 D Street
Limon

Tuesday, October 22 at 4-6 pm
Alamosa Recreation Center
866 Road 109 South
Alamosa

Wednesday, October 23 at 4-6 pm
La Plata County Fairgrounds
2500 Main Avenue
Durango

Here's a question: The only really well placed meetings are those in the Intermountain Region. They are going to be in Frisco and Glenwood Springs, as they should be. I wonder why.

The transit plan website is http://coloradotransportationmatters.com/other-cdot-plans/transit/public-involvement/ which includes a powerpoint of the plan and an online comment form.

(I did miss tonight's meetings in Lamar and Gunnison. Sorry. I only got the announcement today.)

Transfort is holding a public meeting on proposed 2014 service changes

Meeting on Proposed Transfort Service Enhancements for May 
Wednesday, September 25, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Community Room
215 N. Mason (Is this City Hall?)
Fort Collins
Bus: Across the street from the downtown transit center, so every bus that goes downtown.

Here are the proposed changes:

Proposed Routes (PDF)

Proposed bus frequencies (PDF) No info on when they run at these frequencies.

Summary of where service is being added and where it is being cut. (PDF) It looks like as much service is being cut as is being added, but that more routes will see increased service as only two are seeing decreases.

If you cannot attend a meeting, you can send comments to Jerediah Burianek at jerediah@fcgov.com or 970-224-6195. You can also mail comments to Transfort, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522.

What if you live in a flood area and don't have a car?

Starting Monday, September 23, Via Mobility Services is offering van service to Boulder County's disaster assistance centers. Via is also offering van service to work, school, healthcare, food and any other essential services for all flood victims. To schedule a trip, please call 303-447-9636 Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. The service does operate on the weekends, but those trips must be booked before Friday at 5 pm. This service will continue (for free) until Thursday, October 17.

In fact, the service is theoretically working today, but there does not seem to be anyway to actually book a ride.

The Climb, the Boulder to Gold Hill bus resumes with a modified route on Monday. The link will also take you to information about the midday roundtrip that Via is also running. From Monday, September 23 until Friday, October 11, a four-wheel drive van will leave from Nederland at 10 am to arrive in Boulder at 11:30 am. The return trip leaves Boulder Transit Center at 2 pm and arrives in Nederland at 3:30 pm. I am assuming that this bus has the same fare as the N, but costs is not mentioned in any of my sources of information.

Regular paratransit service within Nederland starts on Wednesday, September 25.

RTD will start running a modified N route on Monday also. Using the regular N buses, the route will run from Boulder to Nederland via Highway 119 and Black Hawk. You may want to contact RTD on Monday to confirm, as this information is not on their website yet.

Bus passes and tickets are available at disaster assistance centers. The Longmont Disaster Assistance Center is at Twin Peaks Mall, 1520 S. Hover Street. This is on the BOLT route. The Boulder Disaster Assistance Center is at 5495 Arapahoe Road. This is on the JUMP, next to Premier Credit Union.

Good luck to everyone who was in the flood. Please do not hesitate to ask for the help that you need.

Meetings on January Service Changes

Wednesday, September 18, noon and 6 pm
RTD Administrative Offices, basement meeting room
1600 Blake Street
Denver
Bus: 0, 1, 6, 20, 28, 32, 44, MALL RIDE, 120X, AF, B, L

Thursday, September 19, noon
Civic Center Plaza
1560 Broadway, Room 1940
Denver
Bus: 0, 6, 15, 15L, 16, 16L, 79L, 83L 

Thursday, September 19, 7 pm
Central Park Recreation Center, Rooms A&B
9651 E. Martin Luther King Boulevard
Denver
Bus: 89

Thursday, September 19 at 7 pm
Boulder YMCA, Blue Room
2850 Mapleton
Boulder
Bus: 205, BOLT
The 205 is going to get a name; I wonder what it will be.

Saturday, September 21, 9 am
Chaffee Park Recreation Center (Is this location losing service?)
4580 Tejon Street
Denver
Bus: 52

Saturday, September 21, 1 pm
Green Mountain Rec. Center
13198 W. Green Mountain Drive
Lakewood
Bus: 21

Thursday, September 26, 6 pm
Glenarm Recreation Center
2800 Glenarm Place
Denver
Bus: 12, 28
Light Rail: D
This location may not be handicapped accessible from transit.


It is time for fall service change public meetings. Fortunately, it looks like there are more service additions than cuts. Unfortunately, there are some very important areas that are still not getting their service back. Also, RTD is getting even worse at describing service changes. As always, I am watching what happens with the 225, and I still can't tell what is happening.