[Colorado-talk] FREX bus service between Denver and Colorado Springs ends Aug. 31

Nehemiah Hall nhall at cocenter.org
Tue Jun 19 21:30:37 UTC 2012


Thought some might find of, unhappy interest.


FREX bus service between Denver and Colorado Springs ends Aug. 31
POSTED:   06/19/2012 11:10:40 AM MDT
UPDATED:   06/19/2012 12:24:48 PM MDT
By The Denver Post
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach has decided to shutter FREX bus 
service to Denver on Aug. 31.
The Colorado Springs city council had voted 6 to 3 to extend the 
contract for the commuter bus service on a month-to-month basis through 
the end of 2012, but Bach used his statutory authority to set an end 
date for the service and allow the contract to end Oct. 11.
"We respectfully considered city council's role in extending the 
intergovernmental agreement with a 6 to 3 vote, but also recognize it is 
the mayor's authority and responsibility to execute all operational 
contracts to ensure sound financial decisions on behalf of our city," 
Colorado Springs chief of staff Laura Neumann said in a news release.
The financial impact to extend FREX service through the end of 2012 
would have been approximately $425,000 for four months. City staff did 
approach the Pikes Peak Regional Transit Authority for potential 
financial support following the vote to extend the IGA, however, further 
financial support was not an option, the news release says.
About 4,000 Colorado Springs residents rode local transit daily in 2010. 
There were about 200 daily riders from Colorado Springs, Monument, and 
Denver using FREX.
The average annual household income for FREX riders (in 2010) was 
$72,000. By contrast, two-thirds of fixed-route bus riders in Colorado 
Springs have annual household incomes less than $20,000 and 51 percent 
have annual household incomes less than $15,000.
"Although this was not an easy decision to make for any involved, it 
quickly became clear to us that our funds could be better used to 
support services closer to home that serve more of our citizens," 
Neumann wrote.

Coppied from 
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20890583/frex-bus-service-between-denver-and-colorado-springs?source=rssskipframe-topicfire.com






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