HomeMy WebLinkAbout10. Core Transit Winter Update Slides 11.12.2024_VEAC2024-2025
Winter Season Update
Presented by:
Scott Robinson
Deputy Director, Core Transit
scott.robinson@CoreTransit.org
November 12, 2024
Core Transit
Total system
ridership
2019 -2023
•Above pre-COVID numbers
•2023 historic ridership high
•2024 trending at new record
levels!
So far!
Monthly ridership comparison 2019 -2024
2024Fare Free
Service Began
May 2024
Free Vail -BC
Service Began
Dec 2023
What’s new?
•Winter season begins December 1 and lasts until
April 13
•STILL fare-free for most trips (fares required for
travel to/from Gypsum and Leadville)
•Fare-free for ALL youth under 18 (including rides
to/from Leadville), for one year beginning
November 1.
•New printed schedule and ‘Bus like a Pro’
brochure.
•Still working to flip ECO branding to Core Transit
Service updates:
Highway 6
●Capacity Improvements: More buses at
peak times, more shadow buses
●More Convenience: More express routes to
and from places like Walmart, Vail and
Edwards
●Extended Hours: First Bus departs Lake
Creek at 5:00 a.m., 40 minutes earlier than
last year.
●Last bus departs VTC at 01:05 a.m., almost 2
hours later than last year. This bus will
continue on to stops in Gypsum.
Service updates: Valley Route
•Capacity Improvements: More buses at peak
times, more shadow buses, and more express
routes from Eagle –some of which now include
Sylvan Lake and 5th & Wall
•More Convenience:New stops on some routes at
Chamonix (Conoco)in West Vail and Cascade
Village
•Extended Hours: First bus departs Gypsum at 5:24
a.m., Last dedicated Valley Route bus departs VTC
at 11:20 p.m. (PRO TIP: the 1:05am HWY 6 bus will
continue all the way to Gypsum)
Service updates:
Vail/BC Express
•More Convenience: Extra stops at peak
times at employee housing stops in Avon
•Don’t Mess with Success: We’ll continue to
run a bus every 20 minutes during peak
hours and every 30 minutes between 11:30
a.m. and 3 p.m.
Your guide to ride
Coretransit.org
•This is your one-stop hub for all transit information.
•Check routes and schedules.
•Sign up for service alerts.
•Get the latest announcements and transit news.
Track your bus
Track.CoreTransit.org
•See where your bus is on the map.
•Get estimated arrival times.
•View all routes and stops to plan your trip.
Fare information
•Fare-free for most trips (fares required for
travel to/from Gypsum and Leadville)
•Fares to & from Gypsum: $3/Trip -$6/Day
Pass -$63/Month Pass (Unlimited)
•Fares to & from Leadville: $7/Trip -$14/Day
Pass -$200/Month Pass (Unlimited)
•You can buy our passes on our mobile fare
app.
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How can you help?
WE'RE GLAD YOU ASKED!
1.Hop on a Core Transit bus
2.Request our new brochure be dropped
off at your business for staff and
customers
3.Sing our praises
4.Reach out:
scott.robinson@CoreTransit.org