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County staff propose TripMaster contract to modernize transit scheduling and billing
Summary
A county transit staff member presented a request to contract with TripMaster (CTS software) to enable same‑day scheduling, real‑time vehicle tracking and automated billing; staff proposed using remaining technology grant funds and CDOT 80/20 cost share.
A county transit staff member identified as Kelly presented a proposal at the Aug. 25 workshop to engage TripMaster (CTS software) to modernize the county’s demand‑response transit operations.
Kelly said the software would enable same‑day scheduling, real‑time vehicle tracking, automated next‑day route generation and integrated billing. "My hope is that this will increase ridership," Kelly said, adding the software would allow mobile rider notifications and automated invoices for partner organizations.
Kelly described the cost as $750 per month. She said the county has about $10,000 remaining in an existing technology grant and plans to apply CDOT’s 80/20 cost‑share for operating and administrative costs; she said she planned to use $10,000 of grant dollars to prepay subscriptions if approved.
Kelly said the software’s automated scheduling could free staff from manual next‑day planning and that the county could later add online booking and payment processing as the program grows. She also said the county had reviewed demonstrations and received favorable reports from La Plata County and others using the software.
The transcript records the proposal and budget details but does not record a formal contract approval vote during the workshop.
Ending: Kelly asked commissioners for approval to proceed with vendor engagement and said staff would close out the technology grant if the subscription is prepaid from those funds.
