Colorado Provided 10 Million Rural Transit Trips in 2010
Colorado transit agencies provided more than 10 million trips to get Coloradans and visitors to work, medical appointments, shopping, school and other critical destinations in 2010, according to the National Transit Database.
Earlier this month, the Senate Banking Committee passed the Federal Public Transportation Act, which will become part of the larger surface transportation bill. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D) sits on the Banking Committee and pioneered a proposal to modify the rural transit formula that will benefit the state’s rural transit agencies. The provision was included in the bill passed by the Banking Committee.