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THIS WEEK IN REVIEW ....March 10, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This weeks Reporter- Mike Magee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welcome to our guests today. |
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Sertoman of the Day |
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SOD- Carl Duncan was today’s SOD. He was born in Alamosa, lived in Oak Creek (near Steamboat Springs) and then Avondale where he attended high school. He entered CU , then the Army and served our country in Germany. After his time in the Army, he entered DU and eventually became a CPA. He is now retired and was brought into the club by Steve Bolyard. He is another of the club’s really good members (both of the others know who they are). Thanks, Carl. His fiver went to Don Marshall. |
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Program |
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Today’s program was introduced by Bob Stein and was Bruce Abel, who is the Assistant General Manager of the Contracted Services Department for RTD. Bruce shared a few stats with us. The RTD was created in 1969 and combined a few transportation companies into one. It now serves about 2.5 million people in 38 municipalities in 6 counties plus 2 city/county jurisdictions. There are 2,326 square miles in the serviced area which includes 10,237 active bus stops and 66 Park-n-Ride facilities. Bruce’s job is working with the services that are outsourced. Over 51% of RTD’s bus services are operated by private contractors. Contracted services provide cost savings for RTD. Examples of contracted services are about 44% of the fixed routes and all of the Access-a-Ride,Access-a-Cab, and Call-n-Ride programs. Bruce commented on the T-Rex project which is RTD and CDOT’s joint project. T-Rex is on time, on budget, and the entire system should open in December,2006. The FasTracks Rapid Transit Network will be built over the next 12 years. It will include 119 miles of new and expanded rapid transit plus new rapid transit corridors, expanded Park-n-Ride system and other enhancements to the system. Thanks for an interesting program, Bob and Bruce. |
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Calendar at a Glance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New York Traffic Jam
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