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 the [...]

Chalk-up more forward progress by RTD’s Ad Hoc Eco Pass Committee toward a sustainable pricing formula for these pass programs.
After years of acrimonious debate between RTD and advocates of the Eco Pass, a working group of representatives for RTD staff and other Eco Pass purchasing groups came together around a unified recommendation on the pricing formula for some of [...]

It has been a few months since the Ad Hoc Eco Pass Committee first began its work . . . and there is much progress to report.
As you may remember, the purpose of the Ad Hoc Committee is to develop a recommended pricing formula for all forms of the Eco Pass (business, neighborhoods and universities).  [...]

Those who recall last fall’s fierce debate over some proposed structural changes to the Eco Pass programs (the common term for what RTD categorizes as Unlimited Access Pass products) might remember that one outcome was the commitment to form a Board committee that would work to determine an equitable pricing formula for Eco Passes.   Following-up [...]

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 Operations [...]

Maybe we all just needed a break from two month’s worth of anxiety-inducing debate over the fate of the Eco Pass program.  I know I did.  But I do apologize for my delay in providing this update on the final RTD Board decision concerning proposed changes for Business and Neighborhood Eco Passes.
As you will recall, if you followed the [...]

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 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 [...]

In its efforts to shore-up RTD’s operations budget for 2009, RTD staff has recommended fare increases of roughly 14 percent on everything from cash fare rates to monthly pass prices. In addition, based on increased ridership numbers among those who use RTD’s unlimited access passes, such as the Eco Pass, RTD staff is proposing an [...]