08 October 2019

Telephone Town Halls are Here

Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30 pm
Kate Williams, District A
She represents downtown and south Denver.

Thursday, October 10 at 6 pm
Doug Tisdale, District H
He represents Highlands Ranch, Southglenn, and Cherry Hills Village.

Thursday, October 10 at 7:30 pm
Shontel Lewis, District B
She represents northwest Denver and north Aurora.

Thursday, October 17 at 6 pm
Peggy Catlin, District N
She represents west Jefferson County.

Thursday, October 17 at 7:30 pm
Natalie Menten, District M
She represents Lakewood and Wheat Ridge.

Monday, October 21 at 6 pm
Vince Buzek, District J
He represents Westminster, Thornton, and Northglenn.

Monday, October 21at 7:30 pm
Bob Broom, District F
He represents east Aurora.

Monday, October 24 at 6 pm
Angie Rivera-Malpiede, District C
She represents west Denver and Edgewater.

Monday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
Troy Whitmore, District E
He represents west Aurora.

Monday, October 28 at 6 pm
Lynn Guissinger, District O
She represents Boulder.

Monday, October 28 at 7:30 pm
Shelley Cook, District L
She represents Arvada.

Wednesday, October 30 at 6 pm
Judy Lubow, District I
She represents east Boulder County and Broomfield.

Wednesday, October 30 at 7:30 pm
Ken Mihalik, District G
He represents the most southwest parts of the RTD district.

My descriptions of districts are approximate. To find your district go to https://www.rtd-denver.com/board-district-map. There is also a PDF map at https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2017-06/directors-district-map.pdf.  Some districts may have already held their town halls, the website is not clear. In fact, I only spend time on this  website because the RTD website is not clear.

These town halls look like they are ads for the Reimagine RTD thing that is happening. I think if Reimagine RTD was a good thing, it would not need this kind of promotion.

You can call 855-543-3425 to participate.

23 September 2019

January Service Change Public Meetings are Here

Wednesday, September 25 at 6 pm
Lafayette Library
775 Baseline Road
Lafayette
Bus: 225, LD2

Thursday, September 26 at 6 pm
Commerce City Eagle Recreation Center
6060 Parkway Drive
Commerce City
Bus: 62
48 and 88 within close walking distance

Tuesday, October 1 at 6 pm
Longmont Museum
400 Quail Road
Longmont
Bus: 324
LD1, LD2, LX2

Thursday, October 3
2 meetings at noon and 6 pm
RTD Administrative Offices
1660 Blake Street, Basement
Bus: I need to check because they seem to have changed significantly or Google is messed up again.

RTD continues to kick people off the buses, especially people with disabilities, by shutting down bus stops.

Service to Southwest Plaza may be ending.

The 225 is going back to its old route. The route between Lafayette ParknRide is going to be a new route, LD3. We need to see how accessible that route is.

20 August 2019

Two More Meetings remain to find out about changes to bus service when the North line opens

Wednesday, August 21 at 6 pm
Northglenn Recreation Center
11801 Community Center Drive
upstairs in Senior Center
Northglenn
Bus: The closest buses are across the highway at the Wagon Road ParknRide: 8, 12, 120, 120X, 122X, 128, AA

Thursday, August 22, Noon and 6 pm
RTD Adminstrative Offices
1660 Blake Street, Room T&D
Denver
Bus: 1, 20, Free Mallride (Also some Greyhound buses.)
It looks like buses to this location have been drastically cut.

So I got the announcement for these meetings as the first one was taking place. So sorry for the short notice. The notices on the bus just went up as well. No information so far on how bus routes are going to change.

13 July 2019

RTD's July Board Meeting

Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30 pm
RTD Offices
1660 Blake Street
Denver
Bus: Free Mallride, 0, 6, 28, 32
Check for construction detours before you go: http://www3.rtd-denver.com/elbert/RiderAlerts/index.cfm

No info on the subject

As always, each member of the public has 5 minutes to talk at the beginning.

03 June 2019

RTD is proposing eliminating the 33 and ending service to Flatirons Mall along with other small changes to service

Wednesday, June 5 at 6 pm
Broomfield Community Center, Lakeshore Room
280 Spader Way
Broomfield
Bus: All service ends by 7 pm.
People who take the bus to Flatirons Mall will probably not be able to attend this meeting.

Thursday, June 6 at 7:15 pm
Rude Recreation Center
2855 W Holden Place
Denver
The W light rail line and multiple buses (1, 15L, 16, 30, 31, 33) run near here as this is near the Decatur-Federal Station. However, this area is not very walkable. The 33 is the route that is going to be cut. RTD is proposing replacing it with a Flexride route.

In good news, the 4 may start running on Saturday on August. If you support that change, it may be worth your time to attend a meeting or send a message to RTD in support. There are always people who complain about any increase in service, so it is good to let RTD know that bus riders want more service.

If you cannot attend a meeting, you can send a comment to service.change@rtd-denver.com.

23 April 2019

You can take free rail to the ColoRail's annual meeting on April 27

Colorado Rail Passenger Association Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 27, 8:30 to noon
The Guild, Englewood Town Center
3435 S Inca Way
Englewood
Light Rail: C, D
Bus: 0, 35, 51

ColoRail is electing five new board members and is hosting multiple guests. These include Amtrak's Colorado Representative, the project director from Colorado's Passenger Rail Commission,  and the Sierra Clubs Transportation team leader. There will also be a of rail caps and tee shirts to benefit small railroads.

ColoRail has a lot of members, and is somewhat democratic. As such it has had some significant successes in the past. But the board needs more people of color, more women and more young people to really energize those members and achieve transformative successes.

15 April 2019

RTD rail is free on April 27

The G Line is finally opening on Friday, April 26 at 10 am and will be free all that day and the day after when all of RTD's rail lines will be free as well.

There will also be station parties at four stations:

41st and Fox
Clear Creek and Federal
Olde Town Arvada
Wheat Ridge and Ward

I am wondering if the the people around Ward Road is going to get better bus service now that they are connected into the broader system.