With much fanfare, the group of community representative and transportation officials that have been evaluating options for transit, road and bike improvements inthe US 36 corridor, the Preferred Alternative Committee (PAC), agreed on a package to take through the Final Environmental Impact Analysis (FEIS) process.  The agreement, known as the US 36 Combined Alternative Recommendation, was [...]

In case you didn’t see these in the Daily Camera, both Steve Pomerance and Bob Greenlee responded to my opinion piece, “Rising Above the Transit Paradox.”: FasTracks derailed (Greenlee): http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/13/fastracks-derailed/ Funding transit with market forces (Pomerance): http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/06/funding-transit-with-market-02/ You will notice that Bob takes the opportunity to offer another criticism of the FasTracks program, tying the [...]

Many District O residents e-mailed me concerning the proposal to cut Route 201.  Unfortunately, only one of my fellow Board members joined me in opposition to the final package of staff recommended service cuts.  The Board approved the staff recommended package of service cuts that included the 201 while providing a reprieve for one route, the U, in the [...]