Boulder County Government: October, Mobility And Access Coalition (LCC) Agenda And Newsletter

Boulder CO

09 October, 2021

4:28 PM

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Press release from the Boulder County Government: October 8, 2021 Indoor Mask Order | Orden Pública de Cobertura Facial — School Guidance | Guía para las escuelas Having troubles viewing this email? View as a webpage. Register in advance for this meeting (if you haven't previously) Welcome & Introductions Ice Breaker Break Out Session Boulder County Commission Letter to RTD Mountain Mobility Working Group Transportation Providers Mobility & Access for All Ages & Abilities Plan Update Car Green, Jr., RTD Transit Equity Manager Kevin Crouse and Nico Probst Alex Hyde-Wright and Amy Lacourse Next meeting: Hybrid Meeting, Monday, November 8, 2021, 2:00 - 3:50 pm To Join the Local Coordinating Council Email List, Contact: [email protected] October 12, 13, 20Getting There Travel Training 102A RTD Fares & Ticketing DRMAC October 13, 19, 21Getting There Travel Training 102B How to Ride RTDDRMAC October 19Getting There Travel Training 101 Intro to RTD, DRMAC October 20Orientation and Mobility Month CPWD October 27Using Google Maps WorkshopMobility for All October 285th Sustainable Transportation Summit, Commuting Solutions October 30CarShare Trunk or Treat EventColorado CarShare, Via, M4A November 2DRMAC Member MeetingEmail to RSVP 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! 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. Check out DRMAC's new video about the Getting There Travel Training Workshop! 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. Read more here. CDOT is accepting written comments on the draft rule through Oct. 15. All written comments should be submitted to [email protected] 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 RTD: More Passengers Are Riding Buses And Trains, But RTD Doesn't Have The Drivers To Restore Service To Pre-COVID Levels, 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 DRMAC Getting There Guides VIA brochures M4A brochures And MORE! 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. 720-564-2218 [email protected] Notifications This press release was produced by the Boulder County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.