1. Arapahoe County Low Income Transportation Gaps Analysis
Team 6
Beret Odell
Sam Starr
Steffie Gould

2. Agenda Project Introduction Demography Field Audit
Stakeholder Interviews
Gaps Analysis
Recommendations

3. Study Purpose
Identify transportation gaps in Arapahoe County pertaining to the low-income population to help Denver Regional Mobility Access Council (DRMAC) and the Arapahoe County Local Coordinating Council (LCC) address transportation needs

4. Demographic Analysis
Percentage of Low-Income Population

5. Childhood Poverty
Arapahoe County has the highest rate of change in childhood poverty of all Colorado Counties

6. Field Audit
Audit Route, RTD Bus Route 10

7. Findings

8. Stakeholder Interviews
Diversity
Assistance Programs
Convenience

9. Gaps Analysis Trip Purpose Service Area Service Time Eligibility
Type of Service
Affordability

10. Recommendations Provide information in Spanish Increase seating
Construct additional Lighting
Offer discounted ValuPasses

11. Provide Information in Spanish
Why this should happen:
Inexpensive and effective
No current Spanish interface on RTD and other websites
Low-income correlation with Hispanic and other minority groups
Half the population commutes out of county for work
Increase public feedback and ridership
HISPANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12. Increase Seating Why this should happen:
Can be constructed through multiple phases, and would benefit all users
Many medical services including the VA are in or bordering Arapahoe County
This increases the use of Arapahoe County public transit of 65+ residing outside of the county
65+ may rely on public transit as they transition away from a personal vehicle
Also may have fixed or restrictive incomes
Frame: because we had inadequate seating, would be beneficial to EVERYBODY

13. Construct Additional Lighting
Why this should happen:
Many stops along Route 10 are not highly visible, and few have adequate lighting
Many schools along Route 10 surveyed
Most often using buses in the early morning and in the late evening for after school jobs or extracurricular activities
Increase visibility of individuals waiting at a bus stop
Reduce crime that is likely to occur in darker areas
Schools
Inadequate lighting
Benefit children—morning and night

14. Offer Discounted ValuPasses
Why this should happen:
An annual RTD annual ValuPass is $1,936
This is roughly 10% of the annual salary of a single parent with one dependent living at the threshold of the Federal Poverty Line
If this were offered to low-income individuals, it could reduce an extreme barrier, providing an real transit option
If more low-income individuals could afford the ValuPass, it would increase ridership all around
Little to no discounted public transportation fare programs for low-income

15. Questions?