When the neighborhood Eco Pass comes back, who will buy it?

November 17, 2009 · Posted by in G.I.Y. 
The Eco Pass allows people to ride local buses, like the Hop, for no extra charge | Photo by Cliff Grassmick

The Eco Pass allows people to ride local buses, like the Hop, for no extra charge | Cliff Grassmick

RTD is lifting its ban on new neighborhood Eco Passes in January, but Boulder is worried that new communities won’t sign up and that old ones may fall off the alternative transportation band wagon.

Now, 45 neighborhoods are enrolled in the program, which allows every house in the neighborhood to get an Eco Pass and ride most RTD buses for no additional charge,

From the Daily Camera:

Despite record participation of about 11,369 people in Boulder — the only municipality aside from single neighborhoods in Louisville and Lafayette to participate in the program’s 16-year history — volunteers are finding that the state of the national economy has hurt people’s willingness to pay for the program.

Andrea Robbins, a transportation planner and spokeswoman for Go Boulder, the city’s alternative transportation program, said the problem is that everyone in an eligible neighborhood receives an Eco Pass even if residents contribute different amounts.

“Some households pay extra, and some pay nothing,” Robbins said. “Not enough households are wanting to cover those who aren’t wanting to pay at all.”

Robbins said anecdotal accounts from Eco Pass coordinators — volunteers who take it upon themselves to go door to door asking for the $75 to $170 per household to pay for the neighborhood passes — conclude that many residents are reluctant to contribute that much.

“We’re hearing that it’s the economy, or lost jobs,” Robbins said. “I’m worried that we might lose some neighborhoods.”

Read the full story at DailyCamera.com.

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