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Fort Collins transit team outlines three constrained scenarios to address $13 million funding gap
Summary
City transit staff presented findings from a transport optimization study, saying ridership remains below pre‑pandemic levels and describing three scenario approaches — travel‑pattern, rider‑demand and condensed fixed‑route with microtransit — to shape a fiscally constrained system within current budgets.
City transportation staff and consultants told the City Council that Fort Collins faces an annual transit funding gap of about $13 million after passage of a dedicated transit sales tax, and presented three high‑level service concepts to shape future, fiscally constrained transit scenarios.
Kaylee Bridal, transport director, and Karen Champine (PDT) presented the report and Jason Miller, the consultant, summarized peer agency lessons. The 2019 Transit Master Plan’s full build‑out target was described as a long‑term vision; staff said achieving that vision would have required roughly $15 million per year in additional funding above 2019 needs and that restoring 2019 service levels today would add roughly $3 million more, producing an $18 million gap that the 2023 dedicated transit…
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