CO: City of Aspen Expands Bus Service in Town for Workerbees

Feb. 14, 2018
In its dogged pursuit to get people out of their cars and reduce traffic in town, Aspen City Council on Tuesday night agreed to extend summer bus service an extra month.

In its dogged pursuit to get people out of their cars and reduce traffic in town, Aspen City Council on Tuesday night agreed to extend summer bus service an extra month.

Extending the city's fixed bus routes into September with the same summer hours — 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. — is one of a few components the council agreed to in what's called a "short-range transit plan."

The last time the plan was updated was 2009. The city hired Denver-based consulting firm Fehr and Peers for just less than $100,000; $40,000 of that was paid by a state grant.

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