[Colorado-Talk] Access on Demand proposals presented tonight

Thu May 15 00:31:14 UTC 2025

Wow, someone told me about these new tiered recommendations yesterday, and I told him it wasn’t true. My bad!

Thanks for the update, Nate. Clearly, I need to pay more attention.

-Tim

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Subject: [Colorado-Talk] Access on Demand proposals presented tonight

After staying quiet for a couple months, RTD has dropped its latest proposals for changes to Access on Demand. They'll present two options to the operations, safety and security committee tonight. 

Both plans:

- Cut subsidy from $25 to $20 on each ride

- Cut service area and hours to match the core Access a Ride program

They are going to ask the board to endorse one of two options for fares and ride limits.

Option 1: 50 trips a month with a $6.50 fare ($3.25 if you qualify for lower fares)

Option 2: 60 rides with fares in tiers. First 30 rides at $4.50, rides 31-50 at $5.50 and rides 51 to 60 at $6.50 (all with half-price fares for those who qualify). This will not save as much money in part because they say they'll need to spend $450,000 a year on new staff to manage it.

They'll formally present this at the end of what looks like a long meeting over Zoom that starts at 5:30 tonight. Public comment is at the start of the meeting. If you want to speak remotely, you can sign up at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yyIHdm3YREiamvxCdEhUpg#/registration

The full board will take it up on Wednesday May 28 (not the usual Tuesday session) at 5:30 p.m. I'm sure there will be more people showing up for that one in person.

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