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Regional transportation office outlines transit ridership gains and a safety action plan for Fruita area
Summary
The Grand Valley Regional Transportation Planning Office updated Fruita City Council on transit growth—about 580,000 annual boardings and a 12% ridership rise on routes serving Fruita—and on a new safety action plan that targets behavioral causes and will use FHWA grants for a high‑risk network study, outreach and speed feedback signs.
Dana Brossega, director of the Grand Valley Regional Transportation Planning Office, told Fruita City Council that the office is working across Mesa County to support transit, safety and long‑range planning.
"We had about 580,000 boardings on Grand Valley Transit," Brossega said, and she highlighted a 12 percent increase in ridership on routes serving Fruita after the addition of Route 12. Brossega said Grand Valley Transit recently opened a fleet maintenance facility that increased spare capacity and improved operations, and noted expanded intercity service—six buses each way daily between Denver and Grand Junction and one daily to Durango.
The RTPO receives substantial federal support, Brossega said: roughly 70 percent of transit expenses and about 80 percent…
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