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Mountain
Metropolitan
Services
The PPRTA-funded transit services are
regionally significant.
–Worst congested medium-sized City – 2004
–Savings by riding the bus
-400 lbs annually - Carbon Monoxide emissions reduction
-Residents spend $4,000 annually on automobiles; Bus pass cost is $420
annually – savings of over $3,500
-Colorado Springs spends about $21 per person on transit annually.
Similar cities spend an average of $57 per person.
-For every dollar invested in transit, a community realizes a return of
$3 to $4 in new jobs, new development, and increased property values.
Existing Transit Service
• 22 Fixed-Routes
• 8 Evening Routes
• Operate Monday – Saturday
• Operate 54 peak buses
• Base Fare: $1.25 one-way trip
• Average Annual Boarding – 3,000,000
• 2004 Service Hours – 147,801 fixed-route service hours and
46,325 paratransit service hours
Future Transit Service
•Multi-Hub Service
– Chapel Hills Mall
– Austin Bluffs/Academy
– Hancock Plaza
– Citadel Mall
– PPCC South
– UCCS
–1st & Main Town Center
• Commuter Express Services
• Sunday Service
• Expanded Saturday Service
• Saturday Evening Service
• New Service Areas
• More Frequent Service
• New route names and route alignments
• Additional 106,783 fixed-route service hours; 9,945 paratransit
service hours at full implementation
PPRTA funding will allow Transit Services to make significant improvements to the Pikes Peak area public transportation system over the next three years. Some of the transit activities include:
1.
Downtown
Transportation Center (DTTC):
The DTTC project will
replace the outdated and
inadequate
transfer facilities located in the parking structure at Kiowa
and Nevada. The 80% Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funded
multi-modal transportation center will accommodate transfers
between the downtown shuttle, fixed-route (regular) bus service,
Front Range Express (FREX) bus service (connecting Colorado
Springs and Denver), and future Front Range commuter rail
service.
2.
Park and Ride
Lots: Park and ride
lots are developed with 80% FTA funds or Congestion Mitigation
and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds. 
Park and ride lots provide
citizens a
transportation option, encourage
carpooling/vanpooling, and
accommodate several transit services,
such as the downtown shuttle, fixed-route bus service, and
future commuter express service and Front Range Express (FREX)
bus service.
The public information program
emphasizes the new regional system, changing the Springs Transit
name to a new name that depicts the regional system. Dramatic
changes to the multi-hub system require extensive public
involvement to ensure a smooth transition for current riders,
attract the choice riders, meet the needs of the workforces of
local businesses, and ensure visitors to our community have
viable transportation options.
TSD issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in January 2005 for
public awareness of the RTA improved services. TSD selected
PRACO in March 2005 as the agency to lead the public awareness
program. At its meeting on May 11, 2005, the PPRTA Board
authorized that PPRTA would provide the 20% match for the grant
funding of this effort.
Mountain Metro Transit PPRTA Implementation Timetable (.pdf)
City of
Colorado Springs / Mountain Metropolitan Transit
Sherre
Ritenour, Division Manager
385-5429
sritenour@springsgov.com