{"id":803244,"date":"2020-01-20T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=377620"},"modified":"2020-01-20T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:46:54","slug":"with-nearly-half-full-snowstangs-cdot-says-bus-service-to-ski-areas-has-been-a-success-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/with-nearly-half-full-snowstangs-cdot-says-bus-service-to-ski-areas-has-been-a-success-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"With nearly half-full Snowstangs, CDOT says bus service to ski areas has been a success so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TDP-L-CDOT-SNOWSTANG_JAC9190x-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TDP-L-CDOT-SNOWSTANG_JAC9190x-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TDP-L-CDOT-SNOWSTANG_JAC9190x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TDP-L-CDOT-SNOWSTANG_JAC9190x-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TDP-L-CDOT-SNOWSTANG_JAC9190x.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The buses carry 51 passengers that are climate controlled that have Wi-Fi access, a restroom and USB and power outlets. Tickets are $25 for Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, $40 to Steamboat. <\/strong><br \/><em>Andy Cross \/ The Denver Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As the Colorado Department of Transportation prepares to run additional \u201cSnowstang\u201d buses on Martin Luther King Day to augment its regular weekend service, officials say the program has been successful so far in its first season of operation.<\/p>\n<p>CDOT says&nbsp;the service is meeting its goal to cover 40% of its costs through rider fares. The rest of the cost for the service is being subsidized by the ski areas involved: Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and Steamboat.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-seat buses to Loveland and A-Basin have been running 49% full, according to CDOT. Steamboat buses are running 30% full, exceeding CDOT\u2019s expectation of 25%. And it turns out 40% of the riders are out-of-state or international tourists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cooperative funding by Arapahoe Basin, Loveland Ski Area, Steamboat Resort and the Town of Steamboat means the no-net-cost to taxpayer goal is also being met,\u201d said David Krutsinger, CDOT director of transit and rail. \u201cThis is a remarkable achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CDOT spokesman Bob Wilson&nbsp;said discussions will be held soon to decide whether a separate pilot program \u2014 which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theknow.denverpost.com\/2019\/07\/25\/cdot-bustang-snowstang\/220023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ran buses from Denver to Estes Park<\/a>&nbsp;a few weeks last summer and fall \u2014 will be made permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theknow.denverpost.com\/2020\/01\/17\/snowstang-bus-service-ski-areas-success\/232117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/with-nearly-half-full-snowstangs-cdot-says-bus-service-to-ski-areas-has-been-a-success-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The buses carry 51 passengers that are climate controlled that have Wi-Fi access, a restroom and USB and power outlets. Tickets are $25 for Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, $40 to Steamboat. Andy Cross \/ The Denver Post As the Colorado Department of Transportation prepares to run additional \u201cSnowstang\u201d buses on Martin Luther King Day to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 07:12:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}