Colorado Revised Statutes Title 43. Transportation § 43-1-136. Statewide transit pass exploratory committee--legislative declaration--definitions

(a)(I) Over-reliance on personal passenger vehicles for transportation contributes to poor air quality and climate change and has a negative economic impact on families in the state;

(III) High transportation costs impact low-income households in particular, with households making less than forty thousand dollars per year in the western United States spending over twenty-four percent of their income on transportation, when spending more than fifteen percent of income on transportation is considered cost burdened, according to data from the bureau of labor statistics consumer expenditure surveys;

(I) The environmental and economic issues that result from increased reliance on passenger vehicles and an increase in the number of miles traveled per person is a matter of statewide concern;

(II) One of the key findings of the greenhouse gas pollution reduction roadmap is that reducing growth in driving is an important tool to achieve the state's climate goals and that expanding public transit is an important near-term action that can help achieve those goals; and

(III) It is the state's responsibility to support programs that reduce the growth in driving and expand public transit.

(I) Three representatives from the five largest transit agencies in the state;

(II) Eight representatives from a diverse group of transit agencies throughout the state including at least one representative from a transit agency that serves a rural part of the state that is not a resort community and at least one representative from a transit agency that serves one or more resort communities;

(III) One representative of an entity or interest group involved in the promotion, planning, or development of passenger rail systems;

(IV) One representative from an organization with a statewide perspective regarding transportation;

(V) Two representatives of the department, one who is knowledgeable about the department's inter-city regional bus service and one who is knowledgeable about the department's innovative mobility program;

(VI) One representative from a disproportionately impacted community. As used in this subsection (3)(b)(VI), “disproportionately impacted community” has the meaning set forth in section 24-4-109(2)(b)(II).

(VII) Any other members deemed necessary by the executive director.

(I) A viable structure for the pass to allow pass holders to use services provided by transit agencies across the state with a single pass;

(II) A plan for coordination among transit agencies across the state to implement and administer the pass;

(III) A method for cost-sharing the expenses in connection with the creation, implementation, administration, and advertisement of the pass;

(IV) A structure for sharing, apportioning, and distributing revenue from the sale of the pass among the transit agencies that participate in the pass; and

(V) The possibility of creating a formula to distribute revenue from the sale of the pass among the transit agencies that participate in the pass, the factors to consider in the creation of such a formula, and a determination regarding the frequency with which the formula would be recalculated;

(I) An opt-in or opt-out program with a motor vehicle registration or with the renewal of a driver’s license or state identification card issued by the department of revenue;

(II) Online sales; and

(III) Sales kiosks at airports, train and bus stations, tourism offices, and other physical locations across the state;

(I) Consideration of whether the pass would cover only services on fixed routes or provide access-on-demand services in addition to services on fixed routes;

(II) If access-on-demand services would be included in the pass, how the cost of those rides factors into the cost of the pass;

(III) Consideration of the requirements of the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., as amended, regarding accessibility and access to transit; and

(IV) Consideration of federal laws relating to antidiscrimination, including Title VI of the federal “Civil Rights Act of 1964”, Pub.L. 88-352, as amended;

(I) The possibility of transit agencies allowing customers to purchase a ticket in one transaction for an entire trip that requires transit services provided by multiple transit agencies; and

(II) The possibility of transit agencies submitting their trip planning data to a central source to allow customers to create an itinerary that requires services provided by multiple transit agencies;