Louisville Letter to RTD on Hwy 36 BRT Service Plan and Fare Study April 2015

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L6 ' Office a of the Mayor i • LOliy1SV111e COLORADO - SINCE 1878 April 10, 2015 RTD Chairman, Charles Sisk RTD Board of Directors 1600 Blake Street Denver, CO 80202 Dear Chuck and Directors, The Louisville City Council is excited to see the work occurring on US 36 and anticipates the opening of the express lanes along with the BRT service. Louisville Mayor Muckle and staff have been involved in reviewing the proposed US 36 BRT Service Plan and RTD Fare Study in conjunction with the US 36 Mayors and Commissioners Coalition and 36 Commuting Solutions. Comments were submitted by those groups and Louisville is in concurrence; however the Louisville Mayor and City Council wanted to follow up with a letter highlighting specific Louisville recommendations. They are as follows: US 36 Service Plan: • Support the All-Station routes and the increased peak and mid-day service frequency on these routes. • Support Sky Ride service from Boulder County to DIA with connection to the Northwest Parkway. • Concern with the reduction and in some cases elimination of mid-day express service between Boulder and DUSfCivic Center— retain mid-day express service along the Corridor (HX and BMX). As this is the Corridor's FasTracks investment for the foreseeable future, rather than the shuffling and consolidating that seems to occur with the new service plan, additional RTD FasTracks dollars should be invested in the BRT Service Plan beyond the small overall percentage of increase in service dollars being expended for the rollout of BRT. Fare Study: • Support all day fares at twice the single fare. • Support the local fare of $2.60 for all-station service (per comments below). 749 Main Street I Louisville CO 8o027 303.335.4533 (Phone) 1303-335.4550 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov