[Colorado-Talk] Reminder: Come One, Come All RTD Riders to Tonight's RTD Planning Meeting

[Curtis Chong]

6:00 p.m. right now.

 

From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dishon Spears via Colorado-Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2026 5:46 PM
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Cc: Dishon Spears <DISHONSPEARS at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Colorado-Talk] Reminder: Come One, Come All RTD Riders to Tonight's RTD Planning Meeting

 

When is this meeting?

Dishon Spears

 

 





On May 21, 2026, at 3:32 PM, Tim Keenan via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:



Hi everyone,

Well, here we are, the Thursday afternoon before next Wednesday’s pivotal RTD Board meeting, and RTD management has yet to put out the agenda packet so we can get an idea of exactly what the Board is going to vote on at that meeting.

Further, now there’s a Board Study Session scheduled for 3 pm that day. Is management actually going to wait until then to make their presentation public? Your guess is as good as mine, but this little study session certainly implies that that’s a possibility.

 

Meantime, we still need to plan our response as if they’re going to propose what they proposed back in April.

So, I think it’s still worth getting together to plan our public comment.

If you have any questions on how the process works, this is your best time to ask them.

 

Public Comment Warning:

Someone reminded me yesterday that back in March, the RTD Board voted to limit public comment to one hour. That’s a travesty, and it serves to show that the Board knows they’re about to make some profoundly unpopular decisions.

So, this will require some coordination with the other local disability rights groups, and I’ll be working on that next week.

 

Even though it’s frustrating beyond belief to be kept in the dark until the last minute regarding a proposal of such magnitude, we have three main points we can focus on regardless of the proposal.

1.	Use the $227 million unrestricted reserve as a bridge;
2.	Require an assessment of how any proposal will affect paratransit;
3.	And don’t vote for something that you know is going to hamstring you later this year when you actually vote to cut service.

 

Let’s Chat:

Come one, come all RTD riders, and let’s strategize what public comment is going to give us the biggest bang for our buck.

I know our allies in the Denver disability rights movement monitor this list. You’re invited! Please, come and chat with us.

Here’s the Zoom info:

 

Join Zoom Meeting

 <https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/96873949405?pwd=OGt0TzZ0SjJRWmlGdTJzYTBacW9xdz09> https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/96873949405?pwd=OGt0TzZ0SjJRWmlGdTJzYTBacW9xdz09

 

Meeting ID: 968 7394 9405

Passcode: 123456

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One tap mobile

            +17207072699,,96873949405# US

 

Dialing Instructions

•           Call 720-707-2699

•           When prompted for a meeting ID, enter: 96873949405#

•           If asked to enter a participant ID, simply press #.

 

Thanks, Denveronians with disabilities, for your attention to this critical issue in the local disability community.

 

 

 

Cheers,

Tim

 

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