<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Dear friends,</div><div dir="ltr">Tim is absolutely correct, we need to come out and force and protest. First of all, let’s be clear that general manager Deborah Johnson said clearly that they would not cut the service. Clearly she did not say they would add additional service, but there were no plans to cut service. We should all take a hard look at this. There are 15 board members and seven of them are new. Take it upon yourself to find out who your board member is and call them, email them, and show up to the board meetings and the committee meetings as often as you possibly can. Keep in mind, emails, emails, emails. Call the Denver Post call the Colorado son and any other publication you can think of. In fact, call disability law, Colorado. </div><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Claudia</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 25, 2024, at 3:23 PM, Tim Keenan via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Wow! I was expecting a reduction in trips per month, but 30 isn’t even enough for someone who works five days a week to go back and forth to work. Hopefully, we’ll have some additional allies on the new Board. I just think their entire philosophy around equity and AOD being a premium service is nonsensical. If it’s a premium service as they say, then it should be governed by a different set of rules than their standard service, and RTD staff, particularly Fred, seem totally unwilling to concede this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Clearly, we still have some work to do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the update.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">-Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nate Trela via Colorado-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 25, 2024 4:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> colorado-talk@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Nate Trela <ntrela@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Colorado-Talk] Access on Demand Recommendations/Upcoming Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The good news is the process is slowing down. The meeting this week was actually postponed to next Tuesday. They are going to spend at least the next couple months looking at the proposal, considering alternatives, and taking more feedback. They do expect now to vote on something in February. Maybe March.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The bad news is the first proposal is ugly. 30 rides, no multi-stop, limited to traditional Access a Ride hours and area and a $4.50 base fare. As a token gesture, coverage would go up to $30 after the initial fare, and you could get a reduced fare of $2.25 if you qualify for RTD's Live program. They say it will save about a half million dollars a month. Basically cutting the price tag for the program in half. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It is important to remember that when the peer review came back, they literally said they were gonna start from a position they could negotiate away from based on feedback from users. They repeated this at the operations committee meeting. And several board members at that meeting were displeased and had a wealth of questions about the proposed cuts. If this is what ends up being an active, then I would suspect that we didn’t show up and continue making the case. We’ve got a 2 to 3 month sprint here to change some minds.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Nov 25, 2024, at 3:46<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM, Tim Keenan via Colorado-Talk <<a href="mailto:colorado-talk@nfbnet.org">colorado-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi, all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I just started working at Amazon, so I’ve been super busy over here, but as far as I know, RTD staff should have released their recommendations for Access on Demand by now for presentation and possibly adoption at the RTD Board meeting tomorrow. Does anyone know if this is the case? If I can squeeze it in, I’m planning on giving more public comment at tomorrow’s meeting, especially since restricting AOD to ¾ a mile from a bus stop or to fewer hours will basically make this job untenable for me. Is anyone else planning to comment?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone actually read these recommendations? Can you give us the bad news? Because I think, barring some sort of miracle, the Board will probably adopt whatever staff came up with.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any info!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">_______________________________________________<br>Colorado-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org">Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/ntrela%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/ntrela%40gmail.com</a><br>List archives can be found at <<a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org">http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/cfolska%40yahoo.com</span><br><span>List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>