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Denveright:
Denver Moves: Transit
Denver is embarking on a 20-year vision. Help us take the first step.
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The Denver Moves: Transit
team has been busy these past few months gathering community input about the transit improvements that you think will help make transit a great choice for people who live in, work in, and visit Denver. We are excited to share the results…and present our new online survey! We have a few other great things to share from our Youth Stakeholder Group and the upcoming
Blueprint
and
Denver Moves: Pedestrian and Trails
public meetings.
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We Need Your Input on Major Transit Corridors!
The Denver Moves: Transit team has started to identify, evaluate, and prioritize where major transit capital investments (e.g., rail, bus rapid transit, new transfer facilities, etc.) could be in Denver. We need your input to help inform the final recommendations.
Please take the new online survey to tell us where you’d like to see major transit investments and services in Denver.
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The
Denver Moves: Transit plan team will also be back out in the community, so stop by and share your ideas about transit corridors in person. Check the
Denveright calendar for more details:
- August 19, South by Southeast (Bible Park)
- August 23, Green Valley Ranch Farmer’s Market (Green Valley Ranch Rec. Center)
- August 31, North High School Back to School Night
- September 15, Seniors in September (Denver Botanic Gardens)
- September 16, Mexican Independence Day Celebration (Levitt Pavilion)
- September (TBD), Auraria Fall Fest (Auraria Campus)
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Community Feedback Results: Spring/Summer 2017
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Build Your Own Transit System Survey
Between March and July, the
Denver Moves: Transit
team received over 1,500 responses through our online Build Your Own Transit System survey. The survey asked the community to choose transit improvements and their responses help inform the
Denver Moves: Transit
plan and shape the plan’s recommendations. Survey respondents preferred improvements that would make the experience of riding transit better and encourage more people to ride the transit. The top transit improvements respondents selected include:
- More rail service in Denver
- Higher frequency bus service
- Improved pedestrian and bicycle access to transit
- Better transit connections
- Rider information/technology at bus stops
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Workshops, Community Events, and Transit Stop Outreach
Since March, the Denver Moves: Transit team hosted a series community workshops at community venues and pop-up events at transit stops and stations around the city. We also attended several community events. We received input from over 900 residents, commuters, and visitors. The top transit improvements workshop and event attendees said they wanted include:
- Higher frequency (running every 15 minutes) and enhanced bus service (routes with fewer stops)
- More fare pass programs, such as business-subsidized transit passes or neighborhood programs
- More high capacity transit service in Denver, such as light rail or bus rapid transit (BRT)
- More bus service earlier or later in the day or on weekends
- More amenities at transit stops and stations, such as shelters, seating, wayfinding, lighting, and bike parking
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Lights, Camera, Action! Dreaming Big Video
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The
Denver Moves: Transit Youth Stakeholder Group worked with the transit plan team to develop a video about the importance of transit. The Youth Stakeholder Group learned more about the importance of mobility and connectivity in our community as well as behind the scenes of professional video production.
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Community Spotlight:
Windsor Gardens Bus Buddies
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Windsor Gardens, a 55+ active adult community located in the Lowry area of Denver, is home to nearly 3,500 residents and the Bus Buddies program. Founded in 2009, the Bus Buddies program was created due to a reduction of service and potential route restructuring of the primary bus route serving this community. Two Windsor Gardens residents, frequent RTD riders, volunteered to increase the use of transit by Windsor Gardens residents and their visitors by planning one or two trips each month to restaurants and events. “Learning by doing” is the program’s motto. The program teaches participants how to read bus schedules and where to the catch the bus. Recent trips have included visiting farmer’s markets and arts festivals in Denver and Boulder. Leaders of the Bus Buddies program hope other neighborhoods will replicate this “transit teaching” example to promote transit riding throughout metropolitan Denver and beyond.
Thank you to
Joanne Muzzy
and
Paul Steinhauer
for providing our team information about this great program!
The
Denver Moves: Transit Project Manager met with about 100 Windsor Gardens residents in July to talk about Denveright, development of the transit plan, and how the community can stay engaged throughout the process. The group discussed transit accessibility, frequency and regional connections. We are looking forward to Windsor Gardens residents’ input throughout the planning process.
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What's next for
Denver Moves: Transit
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Stay Involved and Updated!
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We need your voice to help us develop the
Denver Moves: Transit plan! Check the
Denveright calendar for future activities and learn about other ways to share your voice!
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Thank you for spreading the word about engagement and input opportunities!
Please share
Denver Moves: Transit
announcements with your community and organizations. And be sure to encourage your friends and neighbors to
take the online survey
about transit corridors.
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Other Opportunities to Share Your Voice with Denveright
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Blueprint Community Workshops (September)
Help us lay a new Blueprint for Denver. We heard from you on how Denver should grow. Now we’re putting some of those ideas to the test and we need your input. Review draft maps, share your thoughts, and continue to shape the future of our city. Visit one of the
Blueprint Denver Community Workshops (PDF).
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Denver Moves: Pedestrian and Trails
Public Meetings (Aug/Sept)
As part of
Denver Moves: Pedestrians and Trails, a second round of public meetings will be in held in August and September in locations throughout Denver to discuss priority pedestrian and trail improvement projects. Look for a
public input opportunity near you.
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About Denver Moves: Transit
Denver Moves: Transit
is Denver’s first transit plan that will look to create a local vision for new transit choices and improvements within our ci
ty. The plan w
ill examine how transit can play a key role in creating a successful mobility system that moves more people through our city as our population continues to grow.
As part of Denveright,
Denver Moves: Transit
will convene community conversations to shape how mobility will evolve to meet the needs of those who live, work and play in Denver over the next 20 years.
Learn More »
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Denveright
is a community-driven planning process that challenges you to shape how our community evolves in four key areas: land use, mobility, parks and recreational resources. Through four coordinated citywide plans, we will chart the course of the Mile High City for the next 20 years while also identifying immediate priorities to execute in the next few years.
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