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Originally Posted by TakeFive
Denver Moves - closer to the finish line
Seemingly the majority of public input is done and Denver Moves held an Executive Session on Feb 1st which reviewed and compiled the recent results of public outreach. You can read that HERE. It's largely predictable for those who have expressed interest in better public transit.
It appears from the schedule that they'll finish the gathering and interpreting process by the the first part of March. The last step then would be making decisions and recommendations. A public draft plan for review is expected to be available by early May. Pending any revisions the finished product will hopefully be available soon after.
Once the report is completed how long it sits on the shelf before the Mayor and city council come up with an action plan is anybody's guess. The lowest hanging fruit and most affordable/likely to happen will presumably be increased frequency on priority routes.
Other than for my curiosity the balance of this year will be anticipating decisions and progress on the East Colfax BRT. That is real, has partial funding in hand and worth cheering for.
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DM:T is in its first phase. A likely second phase would include standing up a transit program within the city, taking a deeper dive into prioritized corridors (programmatic approach to implementation), and start implementing low hanging fruit, which would be Speed + Reliability projects (bus bulbs, TSP, queue jumps, stop consolidation). Service improvements (straight buy-ups) are far more complicated. Ask Boulder.