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Boulder HOP expands with RTD reopening
Aug 14th
Boulder HOP bus route expands with RTD reopening of the Boulder Junction Depot Square Station
City anticipates boost in ridership with station reopening after COVID-19 closure
City anticipates boost in ridership with station reopening after COVID-19 closure
BOULDER, Colo. – The City of Boulder, in partnership with the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and CU Boulder, is expanding the local HOP bus route. The modified route will directly serve Boulder Junction and connect with RTD routes returning to the Boulder Junction Depot Square Station beginning on Tuesday, September 2.
HOP service will be added along Pearl Parkway between 30th Street and Junction Place, Junction Place/32nd Street between Pearl Parkway and Walnut, and Walnut between 32nd and 30th streets. Route schedules will remain the same. Community members may notice new striping, bus stops and signage installation in the coming days in the area.
The HOP bus connects key destinations, including CU Boulder, University Hill, downtown and the 29th Street Mall with a 15-minute frequency during peak service. The updated route returns service to the center of the Boulder Junction Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): a mixed-use, walkable neighborhood where people live, work, shop and can access local and regional transit.
“The HOP bus has been a community staple for over 30 years, and we are tremendously proud to continue to evolve its route to provide Boulder Junction with centralized local transit service,” said City of Boulder Interim Director of Transportation & Mobility Valerie Watson.
The reopened station at Boulder Junction will also feature RTD routes serving Denver International Airport and the Denver Civic Center.
“RTD is excited to continue to enhance service throughout Boulder County, including to Boulder’s transit-oriented developments. The resumption of service to Boulder Junction is a great next step to enhance the overall transit experience for our Boulder customers,” said RTD Board Director Lynn Guissinger.
“We’ve heard a strong and clear desire for a return of transit service at Boulder Junction to support livable neighborhoods. We greatly appreciate RTD’s partnership and recognition of the importance of these services in Boulder,” added Watson.
High-quality transit service is key to making progress toward Boulder’s transportation vision of providing safe, equitable, sustainable and reliable travel choices. In support of these values, the city is also purchasing 7 battery electric buses with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) grants to be delivered this fall and replace diesel buses that have reached useful life milestones, bringing Boulder closer to its goal of a fully electrified HOP bus fleet by 2030.
Updated route maps are available on the Boulder Bus Map and the HOP Bus webpage. Learn more about city transit and sign up for updates via the Transportation and Mobility Department newsletter.
How Fast Is CUs Saarel?
May 2nd
Saarel, of Park City, Utah, arrived in Boulder already in the passing lane.
An engineering physics major with an interest (bet on it not being mild) in chemistry, he earned a 4.0 GPA in his first semester. And that, said Wetmore, was because “you can’t get a 5.0 . . . he finishes practices, takes his shoes off and goes to the library.”
When the Buffs leave the state for meets, as some will do this weekend for competitions in Austin, Texas and Stanford, Calif., Wetmore says Saarel “studies on the bus to the airport, studies at the airport and studies on the airplane. He’s a willing worker when he gets to practice and will do anything we ask of him. If he’s ever tired he doesn’t show it. He’s intense in practice, intense about his school work. I’d like to find a way for him to get a 3.999 (GPA) and relax a little, gear it down a little more.”
Saarel didn’t start running until he was a high school freshman, and that came at the urging of his sister, Emma, now a runner at Swarthmore (Pa.) College. After starting in cross country, he branched out to track, and in a short time reached a comfort level in both.
After winning the Utah State Class 3A cross country championship in the second-fastest time (14:56.7) ever run on the course, he was named the 2012 Gatorade Utah Cross Country Runner of the Year. Other accomplishments that year included first place at the Foot Locker West Regional and a second-place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional championship. In track as a senior, he also won Utah state titles, with record times in the 800 (1:51.13) and the 1,600 meters (4:07.95).
Like all else he attempts, Saarel is into it in a big, big way at CU. Last fall, in his first cross country season for the Buffs, his finishes earned All-Pac-12 First Team, All-Mountain Region and All-America honors. In his first race for the Buffs – the NCAA Pre-Nationals – he was CU’s No. 2 scorer with a ninth-place finish. In the NCAA Championships, he finished eighth as the Buffs won their fourth NCAA team title since 2001. He became CU’s first true freshman since Billy Nelson to earn All-America recognition. Nelson, who finished 42nd that year (2002), now is one of Wetmore’s assistants.
Saarel is among 14 CU student-athletes who will compete on Sunday in the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford, while a pair of CU sprinters will run at the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday in Austin. Saarel is scheduled to run in the 5,000 meters on Sunday night.
Source: CU Buffs
Boulder Transit Center improvements to open Saturday
Oct 4th
Improvements to enhance bus operations and increase pedestrian safety to reopen Saturday
On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Boulder Transit Center is scheduled to reopen to bus, bike and pedestrian traffic, thanks to funding from the 2011 voter-approved Boulder Capital Improvement Bond, a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) FASTER grant, and the Regional Transportation District (RTD). The area around the Boulder Transit Center area has been under construction since late May 2013, with buses and passengers temporarily relocated to 14th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard.
The Boulder Transit Center Area Improvements will provide better access and accommodations for buses, bicycles, and pedestrians, including:
- saw tooth bus bays for improved transit operations and passenger access;
- crosswalk bulb-outs to shorten pedestrian crossing distances;
- new urban design elements throughout the area; and
- through-traffic restrictions to minimize conflicts.
BTC before improvements
To enhance the efficiency of bus operations and increase pedestrian safety, the one-block section of 14th Street between Walnut Street and Canyon Boulevard has been permanently closed to auto traffic.
“The Boulder Transit Center improvements are made possible through regional cooperation and in direct response to community input,” states RTD Board Director Chuck Sisk, District O. “This is a vital bus transit hub that will see more than 600 scheduled bus departures daily.”
“With these improvements, the Boulder Transit Center is better prepared to accommodate the regional service increases anticipated with the addition of FasTracks Bus Rapid Transit on US 36,” said Director of Public Works for Transportation Tracy Winfree. “We appreciate passengers’ patience during the construction of these enhancements.”
For more information about the Boulder Transit Center Area Improvements, visit bouldercolorado.gov/bond-projects and select “Downtown Improvements” or call 303-441-3266.
For bus routes and schedules, visit www.rtd-denver.com or call RTD’s Telephone Information Center at 303-299-6000 or 303-299-6089 for the speech and hearing impaired.
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