A majority of elected officials from Aspen, Pitkin County and Snowmass Village voted Thursday to spend nearly $500,000 to study the use of buses versus light rail at the Entrance to Aspen.
The study, which will focus on using the so-called “preferred alternative” route through the Marolt-Thomas Open Space, will be paid for using Elected Officials Transportation Committee money from an Aspen-area fund and a Snowmass Village fund, officials agreed Wednesday.
Aspen City Councilman Bert Myrin was the only member of the committee to vote against the proposal. He cast the lone dissenting vote because he thinks the Aspen community has no appetite for implementing light rail.
Pitkin County Commissioner and Elected Officials Transportation Committee Chairman Michael Owsley clarified the aim of the study. “This is not about implementing,” Owsley said. “Itap about knowing.”
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