Residents ask Littleton to restore Bradley House shuttle service, replace yellow crossing beacons and clarify trail surfacing plans

Several Littleton residents used the Transportation Mobility Board public-comment period to press city staff for transit and crossing changes they say affect vulnerable residents.

Connie Cantrell, who said she grew up in Littleton and now resides at the Bradley House, urged restoration of a shuttle that historically served five South Metro housing properties and took residents to grocery stores. "Before COVID, we had a bus that came to each of these facilities and came and picked up people to take them to the King Soopers or to Walmart," Cantrell told the board. She said the service helped about 500 residents across five properties and that many tenants lack cars; she noted that medical transport covered by Medicaid or Medicare does not cover shopping trips.

Resident Robin Bernstein urged changes at a pedestrian crossing near the light rail. "Please replace the flashing lights at Main Street and Alamo. There's yellow lights. Get flashing red lights. They don't stop," Bernstein said, recounting near-misses at the crossing between Vega Park and the light rail.

John Marchetti raised a trail design question for a railroad-spur trail from Highland Canal to Jackass Hill Road: he said he had understood the city might pave parts in concrete and asked staff to clarify. Marchetti described the proposed path as 16 feet wide, "8 feet for bikes, 8 feet for pedestrian," and asked staff to coordinate construction methods to avoid mismatched materials and user requests that could drive up future replacement costs.

Nut graf: the public comments focused on transportation equity (access to food and daily needs for residents without cars), pedestrian safety at a busy light-rail corridor crossing, and clarity on the surfacing and design of a trail project that affects nearby neighborhoods.

Board members acknowledged the concerns and asked staff to follow up with providers and agencies. Staff later summarized to the panel that certain medical transports are covered by Medicaid/Medicare but do not extend to grocery trips and that restoring or coordinating a shared shuttle would require revisiting service contracts and funding. On the crossing, staff noted national guidance in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices influences what signal options are allowed, but said the city would review the existing flashing beacon and present options.

Ending: board members directed staff to take the Bradley House shuttle request and the crossing-signal request under advisement and to return with follow-up on feasibility, cost and required interagency coordination; staff will also clarify the surfacing plan for the railroad-spur trail in a future packet.