The Regional Transportation District (RTD) unveils the new Flatiron Flyer bus rapid transit (BRT) at the Broomfield Park-n-Ride, which is now one of the stops on the bus route. The Flyer travels between downtown Denver and Boulder in the newly designated express lanes and the shoulder to bypass slow-moving traffic. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)
Re: “RTD’s Flatiron Flyer isn’t an improvement in Boulder-Denver bus service,” Jan. 13 letter to the editor.
I rode the Flatiron Flyer from Boulder to Denver for the first time last week. This really is a reduction in the service offered previously by the BX and BMX routes to Denver.
My bus stop, at 27th Way in Boulder, has been eliminated. Walking to and from the next closest stop, at Baseline and Broadway, adds about 25 minutes to my regular commute. The reason given for eliminating stops along Broadway and Table Mesa Drive was to speed the trip from downtown to U.S. 36. For whom? When I get on the bus, it rarely has more than a few passengers who have boarded earlier. Eliminating 27th Way, which has a bus pulloff lane as well as a Park-n-Ride across the street, makes no sense at all.
I have been a regular commuter to Denver for more than two decades and an EcoPass holder and have always touted the great service. It has only taken a few days to change my attitude completely. Do the individuals making these inane decisions ever ride the bus?
Ann Brennan Thomas, Boulder
This letter was published in the Jan. 16 edition.
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