I'm a resident that relies on Rt 6 to get to work. If your current as of 2026 bus route is implemented, it would negatively impact my ability to make a living.

I am disappointed that Route 6 has been discontinued. This will mean that my new residence near Taft Hill and Drake will be nearly a mile from any bus stop. Will there be any other public transportation options for me?

Please dont take bus six a way this bus is my lifeline getting to work

Hello. I am writing to Transfort today to voice my concerns regarding the Route 6. I understand that in the new “optimization plan”, it is going to be discontinued. I really hope that does not happen! My family and I use the beloved 6 to get to work, CSU and downtown. Please, reconsider this terrible idea. It will leave many people stranded and cold.. thank you.

I strongly oppose this change. I ride route 6 every single day either to class or to work. There is no other route northwest of Mulberry and this plan would force hundreds of people to pay out of pocket for parking. This area is already limited in transportation options, and is far away enough from campus to prevent bike usage in cases of extreme weather. I am of the closest people that rely on route 6, I cannot imagine how many people further away are absolutely dismayed at the idea of paying for parking every day, or biking nearly 2 miles in extreme conditions. Please reconsider the decision to remove route 6. You are forcing people to pay out of pocket in a town that prides itself on free public transport.

I need Route 6 to stay cause i take that route from home to work and i take the bus from work to home

To Fort Collins City Leadership and Transfort Decision Makers,

I am writing to express strong opposition to the proposed elimination of Transfort Route 6 as outlined in scenario 2 and 3. This is not a minor adjustment or a “service optimization.” Cutting Route 6 would be a direct and harmful blow to the residents who rely on public transportation to live, work, attend school, and access essential services.

Route 6 is not optional for many people — it is a lifeline. Eliminating it would disproportionately impact working-class residents, students, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. It would make Fort Collins less accessible, less equitable, and less livable. For a city that regularly promotes sustainability and community wellbeing, this proposal is deeply inconsistent with the values Fort Collins claims to represent.

If Route 6 is cut, many residents will lose reliable access to jobs, grocery stores, medical appointments, and education. Not everyone has the privilege of owning a car or affording rising fuel, insurance, and maintenance costs. For those residents, removing a bus route is not an inconvenience — it is a real barrier that can cost someone their job, their health, or their stability.

It is also frustrating that this proposal is being discussed at a time when Fort Collins continues to grow. A growing city needs better transit, not less. Cutting a route because ridership may not meet a target ignores a basic reality: ridership is directly tied to frequency, reliability, and whether routes are preserved long enough for people to depend on them. Transit cannot be treated like a business that must “turn a profit” to justify existing. It is public infrastructure — just like roads, sidewalks, and snow removal — and it should be funded and protected accordingly.

If the city is facing a budget issue, then leadership should be transparent and honest about it. Do not solve financial challenges by cutting services that primarily affect residents with the least power and the fewest options. Fort Collins should be investing in transit, improving route efficiency, and strengthening connectivity — not removing a key route and expecting people to “figure it out.”

I urge you to reject any proposal to eliminate Route 6. At minimum, if changes must occur, there must be a clear replacement plan that provides equal or better access, with similar frequency, similar coverage, and minimal disruption to the people who rely on it most.

This decision will send a message about what kind of city Fort Collins intends to be. If Route 6 is cut, the message will be clear: the city is willing to abandon the residents who need public transit the most.

I strongly urge you to keep Route 6 in service by implementing scenario 1 outlined in your plan.

Please, please, please don’t take away our Route 9! Though ridership may be less than on other routes, the value and need of this route is great! Have you considered running a smaller bus, maybe 3 times a day - morning, noon, and late afternoon? That alone would side-step abandoning the needs of our neighborhoods. We ALL matter.

I frequently use Route 32, both to access CSU and downtown. I object to any change to 32 route. I purchased a home in this West Prospect area with consideration of that bus route. Also 32 is Transforts’ most successful route, well used by many people to access CSU, grocery stores, and other locations. It makes no logical sense to change it.

What is needed is a bus that runs a circle route out of the CSU Transit station to downtown and back to the CSU, so that students and residents of the area served by route 32 can access those businesses.

The entire plan would benefit by being less dependent on the Max. It was probably a good idea in the early development of the system, but is not as useful now. A savings to the system would be to reduce the frequency of the Max route and to increase security on the Max.

This is going from bad to worse. No buses along Taft Hill so cutting off access to the business at drake and Taft!! I am partially blind and depend on the 6 to travel to locations along that route that i regularly attend. This new recommendation is not optimal. If you need to generate revenue then you will have to start charging again. RTD does and the buses are very busy

I’m writing to ask whether there is any possibility that Route 6 might continue to operate as part of the optimization plan.

During the day and into the early evening, I regularly observe strong ridership at stops along this route, particularly during business hours and when CSU is in session. While ridership does taper off after business hours, Route 6 appears to serve a significant number of passengers during much of the day. I’m concerned about the impact on those riders if service is discontinued.

In the interest of full disclosure, I live along this route and occasionally use the service myself, as does my wife for her commute from work. That said, my concern extends beyond personal use to the many passengers who rely on this route for daily transportation.

Thank you for considering this question, and I appreciate any insight you can share.

Please do not leave the Northwest corner of Fort Collins without service. You have many apartments and a high school that would be left without basic transportation creating a void for this area of town. Cutting the #6 & #9 completely leaves those of us without cars, stranded. City Park would no longer have service and there would be no way to connect to the Max. You have several low-income apartments in the area and those are the people who rely on public transit the most.

Hi, thanks to the city for constantly working to improve our public transit. However, I'm concerned that the recommended map largely abandons NW Fort Collins. Prior to October, there was a fairly robust bus network in this area, between the 9 and 10 routes, and route 6 on Mulberry. In the recommended map, that is seemingly all gone and the nearest routes are down at Elizabeth, which is pretty far south. Even maintaining one of these routes at their historical intervals (1-hour) would go a long way to preventing NW Fort Collins from becoming a transit-desert.

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Are the buses replaced with new ones?

Work within your budget. Quit coming up with new plans that cost more than you have.

Please look at the InterCity busses in Olympia/Lacy Washington. Their population is less than Fort Collins, but they have a very good bus system.