Office and district sought: Transportation District Board of Directors – District N
Name: Don Moore
Age: 54
Last degree earned: Masters of environmental policy and management, University of Denver
Occupation: Professional land use, transportation and natural resource planner, AICP
Hobbies: backpacking, photography and skiing.
Family: Single
How long have you lived in Colorado? Where did you live before? 35 years in Colorado; lived in western New York before.
Last book read: “The Life of Pi,” by Yann Martel
Civic Involvement: Transit Alliance; Colorado Front Range Rail; ColoRail; American Planning Association; Jefferson County Cultural Council.
Major endorsements: Denver Area Labor Federation; AFL-CIO
Why are you running? I am passionate and would work tirelessly to provide for accessible and effective transit services. My experience in transportation planning and project management will make a meaningful contribution.
What are the top three challenges facing Colorado or the institution you seek to represent?
1. To meet the 2016 completion date of all planned FasTracks facilities while staying within the voter approved $4.7 billion dollar budget.
2. To prevent expanding the scope of FasTracks and therefore the cost of completing the project, as the result of additional unfunded facility requests.
3. Recognizing and responding to the inherent difficulties in providing for transit services for 2.5 million residents within a service area of over 2,327 square miles, or about the size of the State of Connecticut.
What do you see as your role in completing RTD’s $4.6 billion FasTracks transit expansion on time and within budget?
As a director of the RTD Board, I will see that there is adequate oversight and accounting of the numerous contracts for planning, engineering and construction services involved in the building of FasTracks facilities.
What other goals do you have for RTD? That the sustainability of all new transit facilities and systems is considered to ensure the greatest efficiency and lessen long-term operational and maintenance costs.
Provide for an adequate number of parking spaces at park-n-ride facilities.
Begin planning beyond FasTracks as the District grows to 3.39 million people by the year 2025 by preserving or acquiring needed transit rights-of ways while the corridors are available.
