Today, in a unanimous vote, the RTD Board accepted the recommendations of the Pass Program Committee (a.k.a. The Eco Pass Committee) . . . officially ending the moratorium on the Neighborhood Eco Pass program. Of course, termination of the Neighborhood Eco Pass program moratorium was just one facet of the Committee’s comprehensive recommendations concerning a future pricing framework for [...]

A local CU student, Zach Shapiro, has developed an iPhone application that lets you know when the next bus is scheduled to arrive.  I met Zach at the recent hearings concering RTD service adjustments and was very impressed with this tool. You read about this iPhone application, RTD Mobile Bus Times, in the Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13200485?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#.  Zach [...]

As some of you may have already heard, RTD is proposing significant changes for some bus routes in Boulder County.  You can access information on all of the proposed changes at the following link: http://www.rtd-denver.com/ServiceChanges.shtml.   The Camera has done a very good job covering the discussions around these proposed service changes.  You can access their stories at the following [...]

After six years and an even longer period of initial design work, the US 36 stakeholders (including all the communities along the route, plus loads of state and federal officials) have arrived at a final plan for transportation infrastructure investments along this corridor.  The basics of the plan remain much the same since we first [...]

Here’s a fun video highlighting some of the features that make Boulder’s transit system so unique . . . and successful: http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hop-skip-and-jump-aboard-a-boulder-bus/. Tramadol Hcl Breastfeeding No Prescribtion Xanax Aetna Doctors Who Prescribe Xanax Ambien Insomnia Side Effects Xanax Valium Half Lofe Valium And Mail Order Tramadol Effects And Problems Ambien For Free Tramadol Discontinuing Ambien [...]

In some very exciting news, I am pleased to report that the proposed low-income Eco Pass program that RTD Board Chair Lee Kemp and I initiated, in conjunction with Boulder County transportation staff, is moving forward.  The following is a memorandum describing the Pilot Pass Program for Housing Authorities that my Board colleagues approved at the October 14 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

For those of you who ever wondered how a bus rapid transit (BRT) system works, the following video is a must-see: www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/28/streetfilm-brt-in-bogota/ The Bogota experience is compelling and paints an exciting vision for the BRT system we are designing for the US 36 corridor.

For those who didn’t already see it . . . Here is how the Daily Camera covered last night’s Boulder City Council study session concerning the Northwest Rail line:  http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/12/commuter-rail-problems-raised/. As the story indicates, the Councilmembers focused a great deal of attention on noise issues, chiefly from train whistles.  They have a very legitimate fear that, unmitigated, the [...]