Fare Study Meetings
Wednesday, December 3 at 6 pm
Clements Community Center
1580 Yarrow
Lakewood
Bus: 16, 16L
Within walking distance of the 20, 26, 28, and 76. The path to the Wadsworth Light Rail Station may be blocked by construction.
Thursday, December 4 at noon
Boulder City Council Chambers
1777 Broadway Street
Boulder
Bus: This location is a block and a half from the Boulder Transit Center.
Thursday, December 4 at 6 pm
Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center
11151 Colorado Boulevard
Thornton
Bus: 92
Wednesday, December 10 at 6 pm
Aurora Central Library
14949 E. Alameda Parkway
Aurora
Bus: 130, 133, 153
Wednesday, December 10 at noon
RTD Administrative Offices
1600 Blake Street, Rooms T & D
Denver
Bus: 0, 6, 20, 28, 32, 44 eastbound. Westbound buses leave from a block and a half away.
Free Mall Shuttle
Thursday, December 11 at 6 pm
Bemis Library
6014 S. Datura Street
Littleton
Bus: A block and a half from the 66
After the first meeting, I am reassured that the fare study is not a sneaky way to make raising fares inevitable, but I remain concerned that RTD is not even recognizing their communication failures. They seem to think that people misunderstand the current fare system solely because it is too complicated not because RTD has done a terrible job of communicating how much things cost. For example, the maps of the light rail system are made to look pretty rather than be informative. If RTD cannot communicate, any fare change will go badly.
The Lakewood meeting was mostly white, mostly occaisional bus and light rail riders. The was meeting structured such that people were expected to come at the start and stay through the whole thing, which I did not do. Should we be encouraging a more diverse group of people to be going to these meetings or should we be organizing our own meetings to help people tell RTD what they think?
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