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Board agrees to join Transportation Coalition, sets appointments and $18,000 initial contribution
Summary
A newly formed, citizen-led Transportation Coalition asked the BOCC for participation and seed funding; commissioners agreed to participate, asked staff reporting, and approved up to $18,000 in start-up funding from the county strategic initiatives fund and a pair of commissioner appointees as the board’s representatives.
A citizen-led Transportation Coalition convened to explore large-scale, multi-jurisdictional answers to persistent congestion and mobility problems in the Roaring Fork Valley presented to the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday and asked the board to appoint representatives and provide initial funding.
Former commissioner and community organizer John Bennett and coalition organizer Michael (last name not stated) described the group as a 28-member, community-driven effort that brings elected officials, business leaders, transit operators, hospital and school representatives and local subject-matter experts together to pursue three interlocking goals: substantially reduce daily traffic congestion in the Upper Valley, sharply reduce transportation greenhouse-gas emissions, and shorten trip times for residents and…
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