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County and Boys & Girls Club present Arrive Alive 719 microtransit pilot to Pueblo City Council
Summary
County Commissioner Miles Lucero, Boys & Girls Club representatives and youth advisers pitched a free late‑night microtransit pilot, Arrive Alive 719, aimed at reducing teen car‑crash fatalities by providing door‑to‑door rides for people roughly 15–22 years old within Pueblo city limits, funded through CDOT clean transit funds and administered by SRDA.
County Commissioner Miles Lucero, joined by Becky Medina of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County and youth adviser Nico Mora, presented Arrive Alive 719, a pilot microtransit service designed to give young people safe, free door‑to‑door rides home during late‑night hours.
Presenters told the City Council the program grew out of a 2022 fatal crash and a subsequent feasibility study by Via, and was refined through 180 youth surveys and 10 focus groups with 65 youth and parents. Presenters cited local crash figures, saying Pueblo recorded 22 teen fatalities from car crashes between 2016 and 2021 and that Saturday nights are the highest‑risk period.
Under the pilot, the service…
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