Cutting the 6 route will leave Northern FoCo neighbors without a local bus service. The 7 was already cut, leaving me one with one bus per hour to catch at the Mullbery stop. This encourages everyone in my neighborhood to drive rather than use a local bus system.

Being able to get from the DTC to the CTC without needing to cross over active railroad tracks seems only common sense, especially for disabled riders. Not having a bus directly connecting the transit centers seems ridiculous, as does having no way for early morning commuters to get on the Flex line/ no Flex from the DTC. There ought to be a way for someone to be able to commute from downtown Ft Collins to downtown Boulder to get to work for a morning shift.

Obviously Taft Hill needs service. More frequent service overall would be a benefit, (excepting the 3/31 routes, which I saw have literally 4 buses backed up eastbound on 3/2/26).

It seems much of the community supports at least revisiting modest fees, especially if it means more flexibility to provide sufficient service where it currently may be lacking.

Additionally, many communities use and design public transport to provide bus service for middle- and high-school students. It would seem this could be explored and factored into map design, as it could seemingly benefit the school district and the overall community.

Hi there, I have lived next to one of the 32 route bus stops for 5+ years, and believe it is imperitive to keep that route in service as-is. Some key reasons I believe such:
-Students. The 32 runs past multiple apartment complexes and renter neighborhoods, many of which are housing to students, and the 32 provides transit for them directly to CSU and to a major grocery store.
-Accessability. As a frequent user of the 32 and someone with a spinal injury myself, I can attest that multiple folks with visible disabilities (whether that's via wheelchair, prosthetics, or service dogs) regularly ride the 32, and I'm sure many more with invisible disabilities. The route serves a way for those of us with accessibility concerns and elders to easily reach both the university and a grocery store.
-Parking. Colorado State University is notoriously short on parking, and students need to pay hundreds of dollars each semester to park in only some lots which are already oversold. Many smaller neighborhoods are also having issues with street side parking availability, and removing such a key bus line will only increase the number of especially students who need to get cars to efficiently and easily get to class on time.
-Weather hazards. When visibility is low via fog, rain, wind and dust, snow, or the roads are icy and dangerous to drive on, the bus provides a surefire safe way to not only get students to class on time, but to keep more cars off the roads and prevent more access. I've been on the 32 many times in winter where even with 2 busses running together it's standing room only.
-Late night safety. Many young students, especially young women like myself, feel very unsafe walking alone at night. As a side effect of the time of year classes run, going home once it starts getting dark is inevitable, and for those of us who either don't want, cannot afford, or perhaps are temporarily out of a car, having the 32 straight from the university is very reassuring. I've been followed home while walking 4 seperate times in 5 years, and even with lights on my bike I was run over and my bike destroyed while crossing a crosswalk at 4:30 pm in December by a truck that just could not see me with how dark it was.

Overall, none of the presented project plans include maintaining the 32 and I believe that would be a mistake if the goal is to encourage more usage of the transit systems. Regardless of the plan used, the 32 should remain running, as taking two separate busses via some new fourth transit center just isn't feasible for many of us who simply want to get directly to class in 30 minute increments, or run to the grocery store and be back within an hour

Thank you for your time,
Kyla Carpenter

I want to make sure that the bus stops on Overland Trail road between Elizabeth and Prospect will continue to be utilized now that it looks like route 2 has been changed to an out and back instead of a loop. We have students who rely on this route and the disconnect to Campus West requiring a bus change at Overland Trail/Elizabeth is unfortunate for route 2. The accessibility upgrades to the Overland bus stops were a great improvement so I want to make sure this area continues to be utilized by public transit, especially considering the upcoming development of the Hughes property. Also having the 2 or the 3 routes directly connect with a Max bus stop are a must have.

Please consider bringing back the route on the south end of town. There are many families along Trilby that would love to be able to ride the bus into to town.

The most recently proposed optimization plan does not fully encapsulate the needs of Fort Collins residents and the values of the City of Fort Collins. Particularly, the removal of route 6 and route 10 leaves major spatial gaps for residents near/on Taft Hill as well as Mulberry. While it is understandable that priorities must be made based on budget constraints and ridership data, the removal of these routes directly opposes the City of Fort Collins's values of service and sustainability. Fort Collins strives heavily to be a community-oriented municipality while entirely removing major routes that serve heavily residential areas. Removal of routes in these areas then forces residents to find alternative means of transportation, which includes but is not limited to personal vehicles that many people do not have access to.

Route 6 has been claimed to be removed due to low ridership data, but it is unclear if that data been evaluated beyond that statistic. Is it low ridership overall? Or is that data directly in comparison to routes which serve primarily CSU/Downtown Transit Routes? Routes that serve in/around CSU and downtown are likely going to have higher ridership as routes are very frequent due to their condensed spatial nature, allowing commuters to save a 10+ minute commute. Routes that are further away from these centers are going to have lower ridership but should be deemed as higher priorities as they are potentially saving commuters a 60+ minute commute with no other viable options being available.

Several government organizations on the Front Range are facing budgetary restraints, and it is disheartening that Fort Collins is considering negatively impacting its residents as a result and violating its core values. Greeley-Evans transit is continuing to work on major upgrades to its transportation mobility planning efforts to expand public transit, and Fort Collins can ideally take some lessons from its Front Range neighbor.

I urge the City of Fort Collins to significantly reconsider the approach the proposed optimization plan and the removal(s) of route 6 and 10. Alternative approaches could include stops and/or frequency reductions, but the removal of major roadway routes is a poor decision that should be reconsidered.

I am a grad student at CSU who relies on the bus to get to campus. I use the 32 line daily to get to school. Taking this away would greatly impact the times I get to campus. If taking away the 32 bus is necessary can there be more frequent times on other lines like the 2?

The new optimization plan does not include bus route 6. I rely on this route to get to work, and without it, would need to pay out of pocket for other transportation/parking options. Mulberry and Taft Hill are two major roads, and removing the 6 route leaves these two busy areas of town completely without service. I urge you to include the 6 route.

I am disabled. I am not able to drive or walk at certain amount of distances. I rely on Route 6 for transportation and to help me get out of the house to get essentials and do needs. And I know there are a lot of people who feel the same way.
Route 6 helps tremendously to get to the other side of town from Taft. It is the only way for us to get to Swallow Station to get the Max or Route 5. Route 6 is essential and needs to continue. Many people use it.

Me and my family live off Taft and Elizabeth and use bus 6 very often. And so do lots and lots of others. We depend on bus 6 to get us to stores, appointments, and the max and swallow station to transfer to bus 5. We don't have a vehicle, we depend on the bus to get where we need to go. Please don't take away bus route 6!!! Its a lifeline for us and many others!!

30 minute service should be the goal even on the lowest frequency routes (7, 18, 16, etc.)- rearranging schedules for buses that run every hour isn't reasonable for many people. The city should also continue to explore the 'micro transit' option presented in one of the previous plans, even if this service is not free but still more economical that Lyft/Uber. Overall this is a good plan, but it is still disappointing that some routes will still run hour-long schedules.

I live near the west end of Horsetooth. The lack of good bus stops was already bad but the new changes would make it so I can never consider taking the bus. The nearest stops would be multiple blocks away and take ~30 minutes of walk time to get to.

I can appreciate some of the goals of this project. But it seems like there are way fewer ways for students to get to CSU, which affects not just our family, but I'm guessing many other people around town. Perhaps I'm reading the map wrong, but this feels completely disappointing and like a major oversight, since CSU is such a major part of our community, in terms of both citizens and community engagement.

Glad to see the #5 is proposed to be on a 30 minute schedule rather than an hour schedule. That's the only bus near me, and the hour schedule is a bit of a deterrent. Wish there was a connection from Horsetooth to the Max going North, but keeping the people on the #6 route in service in more important.

Would love to see one of the w Elizabeth buses extended to make a connection to the max easy, this is a big gap in the system currently and seems like an easy fix.

If there was anyway the #2 route could swing south on Taft Hill from Prospect to Drake and then head back to Overland and continue existing route, it sure would help those of us SW of Prospect and Taft Hill. Thanks.

Please extend 18N south to trilby

I live on the west side of town by Overland Trail and one of the main reasons I don't take the bus despite decent service is that all the routes near me terminate at CSU instead of old town and it's just too much of a hassle to transfer just to go a few more blocks. Instead I usually choose to bike or drive if the weather is bad cause it's so much quicker.

Hello! I feel the best scenario for CSU students living to the south and west of campus is #3. The only issue I see though, is the timing. Once per hour is OK, but not ideal. However, if they run on the HALF HOUR, that would work best for the majority of classes, since they start ON the hour. Currently. my daughter had to stop taking the bus on route 7 when it was reduced to once per hour, on the hour. She would either be very early to class or late. Same thing for going home, waiting an hour for the bus had a negative impact on her schedule. This would make sense for most working shifts as well, since I would imagine the majority of jobs begin On the hour. Thank you!

Please do not take away Route 6. While living down Drake past Taft, I used the 6 as my only option while going to school, and now work. Having the 6 also gives me access to get groceries before walking home with the Drake and Taft bus stops.