Item 3 - CAMP Update - Stephen Clark emails and attachmentsFrom:Stephen Clark
To:landmarksboard; Eric Budd; William Jellick; Ronnie Pelusio; Fran Sheets; Deborah Yin; Opansky, Holly
Subject:Chautauqua Access Management Plan Neighborhood Petition - 56 concerned signees
Date:Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:54:16 AM
Attachments:CAMP Signatures 1-56.pdf
Hello,
In preparation of CAMP's Park to Park Dec 6th meeting, please be informed of a circulating
Neighborhood Petition. The goal of the Petition is to show our aligned concerns regarding the Program's
bus route on 9th Street. The concerns are outlined in the Petition, with a condensed version below;
- Extremely Low ridership on the leg along 9th Street (run the Stats and it ends up around 3 people per
bus on average for the Downtown to Chautauqua route)
- Intrusive noise levels. They were noisy enough that households a full block off of the route are signing a
Petition.
- A neighborhood transitioned into a mass transit route overnight.
Although the Petition is presently accruing signatures, I would like to share the efforts to date. Take note,
the signees are along 9th, as well as in the neighboring streets.
Thank you for your time.
Stephen Clark
From:Stephen Clark
To:landmarksboard
Cc:Opansky, Holly
Subject:CAMP average ridership math follow up
Date:Wednesday, December 6, 2017 11:15:16 PM
Attachments:camp inbound 2.76 average rider math.pdf
ParktoPark Shuttle Ridership 2017.xlsx
Landmark and CAMP buses.pdf
Hello Members of the Landmark Committee,
Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening with regards to the CAMP program. I've attached a
copy of my speech/letter to this email as well (Landmark and CAMP buses).
As a follow up to Bill Jellick's inquiry with Bill Cowern, below is a breakdown of the mathematics used in
my presentation. I feel it fair to question the efficacy of the program's transit route as it delivered a heavy
environmental impact to our historic neighborhood, all while benefiting fewer than 3 riders per bus. Keep
in mind, I'm not alone. Our petition resonates this same feeling and represents a majority of homes in our
historic area and carries over 56 signatures to date. The values were obtained from CAMP's provided
Ridership Statistic Sheet (attached). I wish to be as transparent as possible, so feel free to double check
my work or even send it to CAMP for verification.
Inbound from downtown to Chautauqua = 2.76 Ave riders
For an easy to follow illustrated visual of this math see attachment: CAMP INBOUND 2.76 AVERAGE
RIDER MATH
3585 Total Boardings w/ Jul 4th included
27 Total days of operation
48 Total buses per day in a 12 hour span, every 15 minutes
1296 Total inbound buses for the entire program (48*27)
3585 boardings/ 1296 buses = 2.76 ave riders/bus
Note: I stand corrected on the value I provided earlier, which was 2.4 ave riders.
With all that side, there should be deep concern considering 1/3 of the entire Park to Park program
transported fewer than 3 people per bus.
Outbound from Chautauqua to all locations
The data shows 3089 riders never returned. For this reason I'm unable to properly calculate the
outbound ridership to downtown as it would net a negative value. One can loosely conclude the returning
ridership to downtown was somewhere between 0-2.76 ave people.
13010 inbound - 9921 outbound = 3089 missing riders
The following values represent the total number of riders headed to Chautauqua
2368 Total CU Regent inbound
7141 Total New Vista inbound
303 Total 9th & College inbound
1596 Total Pearl and 10th inbound
779 Total Walnut & 14th inbound
823 Total Spruce & Broadway inbound
13010 Sub Total of all inbound
-9921 Total outbound boardings (Baseline and 10th), this represents the total # of riders leaving
Chautauqua
Feel free to check my math with the provided CAMP Shuttle Ridership Statistics spreadsheet (attached)
as I am human and do make errors.
Thank you for this time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Stephen Clark
CAMP and the Preservation of our Neighborhood
December 6, 2017
Hello Members of the Landmark Committee and CAMP,
Equally important to preserving individual buildings, neighborhoods, and public
space, is the preservation of the environment in which all of these reside. Members
of the Landmark Committee and CAMP I urge you to consider the following points
regarding the environmental impacts the Park to Park Pilot Program had on one of
Boulders older neighborhoods along 9th Street between College and Baseline.
Noise Complaints then and now
Provided to City Council, TAB, and possibly even to you this evening, one of the first
presentation slides outlines the creation of the CAMP program. One of the initial
complaints was bus noise. Fast forward a few years and one of the top complaints
to the Pilot Program again was bus noise.
27 days & 2600 buses
The decreased traffic counts within Chautauqua’s walls came at a heavy price to the
neighborhoods. Along the route, every home endured a bus pass by no fewer than
2600 times during the programs operation. Extending the program into major
holiday will only increase this frequency and further degrade the cherished
weekend time that we enjoy. (27 days of operation, 12 hours /day, 4 buses each
way/hour). On a side note, the overall traffic counts in 2017 increased when
compared to 2016. So, did the buses truly help offset the environmental impact of
travelers to Chautauqua?
Where did all the riders go?
Equally surprising to the large ridership along Baseline, is the surprisingly low
ridership along the downtown leg via 9th Street, which averaged 2.4 riders/ bus. Is
this a wise use of resources considering passenger vehicles visiting the park have a
equal or higher ridership?
The above points are just a few reasons of concern regarding the Pilot Program’s
impact on our neighborhood’s environment. I kindly urge the Landmark Committee,
and CAMP, to consider these impacts while creating recommendations that will
slow, or even reverse, the environmental degradation of one of Boulder’s oldest
neighborhoods.
Sincerely,
Stephen Clark
942 9th Street
520-820-2771