April Service Change Public Meetings are Today

All meetings are on Monday, December 28.

Noon and 6 pm
RTD Administrative Offices
1600 Blake Street, Basement
Denver
Bus: Free Mall Ride, 0, 6, 28, 32, 44

6 pm only
Clements Center (Look for the signs pointing to the room.)
1580 Yarrow Street
Bus: 16 (Also in walking distance of the 76.)

Most of changes are schedule adjustments and the end of school service which actually takes place later than April.

The real changes are ending the 16 at Civic Center instead of 10th and Broadway. I think that these meetings are not being announced because the last time that RTD tried to shorten the 16, public pressure made them drop their plans.

RTD may be also trying to avoid outcry over the cancellation of the Belmar Call-n-Ride. The service could be a success if people knew about it.

In positive news, Longmont is getting evening and Sunday service. I bet that is the result of public pressure, not just on RTD, but the Longmont city council.

Finally, we need to be putting pressure on our local governments as well as RTD. It looks like the City of Denver is kicking RTD off of the downtown mall. Is the City of Denver going to have any public meetings to announce this, or is it just going to be a surprise?

If you can't go to a meeting tomorrow, you can send a comment to service.changes@rtd-denver.com until Thursday, December 31.

RTD is going to be led by someone new

Forum on new RTD General Manager

Thursday, December 10, 5:30 pm

Embassy Suites Downtown

1420 Stout Street

I am not sure if the public gets to speak or not.

Public Meetings on FLEX extension to Boulder

Wednesday, December 9, 6- 8pm
Envision Longmont Meeting
Longmont Library
409 4th Avenue
Longmont
Bus: BOLT

Thursday, December 10, 5:30 - 7 pm
City of Boulder Transit Open House
Boulder County Courthouse East Wing
2025 14th Street
Boulder
Bus: Hop, SKIP, 204, 205, 206, 208, 225, DASH, JUMP, AB, B, BOLT, N

The FLEX currently runs between Longmont, Loveland, and Fort Collins. It is going to start running to Boulder. I hope we get an evening bus as well.