Well, its four days out from the September 30 RTD Board meeting where we are slated to make a final decision on the 2009 Fare Policy recommendations, including all of staff’s proposed changes to the Eco Pass and Neighborhood Pass programs . . . and things are getting really interesting.
Rumor began circulating yesterday that staff is [...]

Attached is a revised proposal for structural changes to the Eco Pass program that was delivered to my house this evening. 
This new proposal is staff’s response to some of the public input they received at the recent series of 2009 Fare Policy hearings.  The most significant features of the revised proposal are as follows: 
The biggest change removes the 50 [...]

As has been well documented by RTD staff and well covered in the local media . . . the price-tag for the FasTracks program continues to rise at the time that available revenue to pay for it recedes. 
In its most recent projections, admittedly based on the most conservative cost and revenue estimates, RTD staff reports that full [...]

As most of you probably know, RTD hosted two public hearings last week focused on the package of proposed fare increases and structural adjustments to the Eco Pass program that are embodied in the draft 2009 Fare Policy Recommendations.  The Daily Camera covered these hearings in the following story:  http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/sep/18/boulder-riders-decry-rtd-rate-hike-proposal/.
First, I must tip my hat to all [...]