October 8, 2021
October, Mobility and Access Coalition (LCC) Agenda and Newsletter
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In an effort to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19, the Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting office at 2045 13th St., Boulder is currently closed, and we continue to perform all operations remotely. Please visit our webpage at www.boco.org/cpp for more information.
October 11, 2:00-3:50 p.m.
Register in advance for this meeting (if you haven't previously)
Welcome & Introductions
- Ice Breaker Break Out Session
Updates
- Boulder County Commission Letter to RTD
- Mountain Mobility Working Group
- Transportation Providers
- Mobility & Access for All Ages & Abilities Plan Update
Partner Introduction
- Car Green, Jr., RTD Transit Equity Manager
City of Boulder Micromobility Pilot
- Kevin Crouse and Nico Probst
Boulder County Vision Zero Plan
- Alex Hyde-Wright and Amy Lacourse
Closing
- Next meeting: Hybrid Meeting, Monday, November 8, 2021, 2:00 - 3:50 pm
- To Join the Local Coordinating Council Email List, Contact: mobilityforall@bouldercounty.org
October 12, 13, 20
Getting There Travel Training 102A RTD Fares & Ticketing
DRMAC
October 13, 19, 21
Getting There Travel Training 102B How to Ride RTD
DRMAC
October 19
Getting There Travel Training 101 Intro to RTD, DRMAC
October 20
Orientation and Mobility Month CPWD
October 27
Using Google Maps Workshop
Mobility for All
October 28
5th Sustainable Transportation Summit, Commuting Solutions
October 30
CarShare Trunk or Treat Event
Colorado CarShare, Via, M4A
November 2
DRMAC Member Meeting
Email to RSVP
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Boulder County is seeking your ideas as to how to help residents, workers, and business build assets, strength and resilience to withstand future impacts. Please take 5 minutes complete this survey and share it with your clients and coworkers!
Spanish and Nepalese Surveys can be found at the top of the survey as an option.
Help us create an equitable recovery!
Youth Transportation Options
The Youth Transportation Program just released a guide to explore options to get around Boulder County! Families can use the guide as a checklist to explore ways to get to school, work, friends' and family members' homes or anywhere you want to go.
DRMAC Getting There Travel Training
Check out DRMAC's new video about the Getting There Travel Training Workshop!
CDOT Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gasses & Pollution Reduction
Last month, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) proposed new transportation pollution reduction standards to help reduce pollutions and greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal will shape how state and local governments make plans for future projects to make sure there are more travel options and the infrastructures supports cleaner air.
CDOT is accepting written comments on the draft rule through Oct. 15. All written comments should be submitted to dot_rules@state.co.us before 5 p.m.
Video: The Legacy of Racism in Transit — How We Got Here and What to Do About It, Transit Center
Training: Recruiting, Building and Retaining a Sustainable Driver Workforce, Community Transportation Association of America
Funding Opportunity: U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3.5 Million Funding Opportunity for Innovative Coordinated Access & Mobility Grants, FTA
Publication: Making Travel More Equitable for People with Disabilities, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Free Virtual Symposium - Register Here
Tuesday-Thursday, October 26 - 28, 2021
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Keynote Speaker, October 26th from 8:50 – 9:35 am
Monique G. López, AICP, MA, MCRP
Social Justice Planner + Ethnographic Artist
PRONOUNS: HE/SHE/THEY
Monique G. López is a Social Justice Planner and founder of Pueblo Planning, an anti-racist values-driven participatory planning and design firm that intentionally engages and includes communities that are often left out of the planning process and those most vulnerable to the impacts of planning decisions. This includes Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ, unhoused, and other communities that experience marginalization. Monique utilizes storytelling and participatory art-making to engage communities in the planning process in order to dismantle unjust systems and co-develop equitable communities.
Transit: Boulder County Pushes RTD For A Binding Agreement To Provide More Transit Service, CPR
Disability: Planning's Disability Blindspot, Better Bike Share
Pedestrian: Denver’s Sidewalk Infrastructure Is Failing. One Man’s TikTok Might Change That, 5280 Magazine
Bike Share: Bike-share programs aren’t profitable but chip away at emissions, Marketplace
Technology: Alexa Transit brings bus and train routes to voice assistant navigation, CNET
Transit: The Cities Reinventing Public Transit, The New York Times
Ridehailing: That Uber or Lyft Trip May Be Worse for the Planet Than Driving Yourself, Bloomberg CityLab
Safety: Colorado’s love for SUVs is stronger than ever, even as pedestrian deaths rise and the climate warms, CPR
Technology: Transit App Moves to Subscription Service, ITS International
Request mobility resources and we will bring them to the next LCC meeting. Examples include:
Boulder County LCC Vision: Promote and provide efficient, accessible, affordable, seamless, equitable, responsive, and
easy to arrange transportation options for Boulder County residents through coordination and collaboration between
service providers.
Mobility for All Program
720-564-2218