Comments on: Downtown shuttle service on the chopping block http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/10/26/downtown-shuttle-service-on-the-chopping-block/ Colorado Springs Business Journal Daily News Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Rob Larimer http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/10/26/downtown-shuttle-service-on-the-chopping-block/#comment-448 Rob Larimer Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:18:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/10/26/downtown-shuttle-service-on-the-chopping-block/#comment-448 Well, Native, that’s certainly a sentiment I share, but here’s a bit of good news. The downtown partnership is working on a feasibility study for a trolley-like streetcar that would replace the free shuttle in a couple of years. The streetcar would run regularly between UCCS and downtown.<br/><br/>But, on that note, here’s a little bad news. Updated ridership data from the free shuttle is very valuable to the feasibility study and valuable for federal grant applications that would pay for the streetcar plan. The Springs will be competing with other cities for the money – cities that likely have free downtown shuttles running and have funding mechanisms in operation.<br/><br/>So, killing the free bus idea might hurt our streetcar desires down the road. Well, Native, that’s certainly a sentiment I share, but here’s a bit of good news. The downtown partnership is working on a feasibility study for a trolley-like streetcar that would replace the free shuttle in a couple of years. The streetcar would run regularly between UCCS and downtown.

But, on that note, here’s a little bad news. Updated ridership data from the free shuttle is very valuable to the feasibility study and valuable for federal grant applications that would pay for the streetcar plan. The Springs will be competing with other cities for the money – cities that likely have free downtown shuttles running and have funding mechanisms in operation.

So, killing the free bus idea might hurt our streetcar desires down the road.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/10/26/downtown-shuttle-service-on-the-chopping-block/#comment-446 Anonymous Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:26:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/10/26/downtown-shuttle-service-on-the-chopping-block/#comment-446 It's hard to defend Colorado Springs when the city is so actively regressive in just about every way. <br/><br/>- COSNative It’s hard to defend Colorado Springs when the city is so actively regressive in just about every way.

- COSNative

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