SUBJECT:
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Erie Transit Update and Pilot Service Overview
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Development Department
PRESENTER(S): Carlos Hernandez, Transportation Manager
Miguel Aguilar, Senior Transportation Planner
TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes
only required for non-consent items
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
None. Informational item only.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Town's current Transportation Plan identifies new regional and local transit routes to enhance mobility and transportation choices in Erie over the next decade. The transportation planning team collaborated with local and regional agencies to identify strategic actions and funding to advance new transit services over the next four years as pilot programs.
Town staff analyzed the Erie's transit context and researched potential transit alternatives. Staff concluded that:
* One bus route, the JUMP, services a small portion of the Town with infrequent service;
* Approximately 5,000 of the Town's 32,000 residents have access to a bus stop according to transit standards;
* The Town has a high percentage of the population under the age of 18;
* Ten percent of Erie's population is over the age of 65;
* Erie High School lies within the service area of the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) but is not served by RTD;
* RTD reported an increase in paratransit rides in Erie over the past several years;
* No transit services exist on CO 7;
* CO 7 is identified by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) as a priority multimodal corridor; and
* Innovative transit operations exist for a community like Erie.
Staff has proposed several short-term actions to expand transit operations in Erie, including:
1. Partner with RTD to extend the JUMP Route to Erie High School;
2. Partner with Boulder County to include Erie in the 'Super Flex Ride' Project; and
3. Conduct a Gateway/I-25 area...
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