January , 2021

Winter Bike to Work Day and Business Commuter Challenge

Join the city of Durango in celebrating sustainable transportation with Winter Bike to Work Day on Friday, Feb. 11 and the Business Commuter Challenge Feb. 6 to Feb. 11.

Bike, walk, roll, carpool or ride Durango Transit to one of five stations around Durango from 7 to 9 a.m. Pick up a Winter Bike to Work Day shirt and enjoy the various offerings at each station while supplies last. The five stations include Studio &, Singletrack Café (both locations), Bird’s and San Juan Cycles. Free safety checks will be offered by San Juan Cycles and Durango Cyclery at the Studio & station. Pick up or print out a passport and visit two or more stations to get a stamp and be entered into a prize drawing. See a map of the stations at GetAroundDurango.com

Need more challenge? Sign up your business or organization to compete in the Business Commuter Challenge. See who can bike, bus, walk, roll, carpool or ride Durango Transit the most between Sunday, Feb. 6 and Friday, Feb. 11. The team logging the most trips will receive the Business Commuter Challenge snowflake trophy and bragging rights! Sign up your business or organization by Wednesday, Feb. 2 by emailing multimodal@DurangoGov.org

Join us for a celebration at Union Social House on Friday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. where we’ll announce the winners of the Snowflake trophy, raffle off prizes and provide information and gather feedback about the Multimodal Transportation Plan update process.

Thank you to the following businesses for sponsoring these events: Bird’s, Bread, Durango Coffee Company, San Juan Cycles, Singletrack Cafe, Ska Brewing Company and Union Social House. For more information about Winter Bike to Work Day and the Business Commuter Challenge, visit GetAroundDurango.com

Downtown's Next Steps survey results

The city held a survey for 3 weeks on Virtual City Hall to learn more about the community's vision and values for downtown Main Avenue. The survey received 938 responses, with 90% of the responses from residents. Respondents said that they go to downtown to visit restaurants and shops. They also said they drive downtown and walk around downtown once they get there. Most respondents said that they would like to see more outdoor patios and space for pedestrians. These survey results will be used to inform the vision and conceptual designs for downtown Main Avenue.

To learn more about this project or to provide further feedback, visit DurangoGov.org/1535/Downtowns-Next-Step.

graph showing results from the Downtown's Next Steps survey

Transit ridership trending up in 2021

Thank you to everyone who participated in Durango Transit's ridership survey. The importance of transit in our community is demonstrated by the 70% of riders who don't have access to a car and are dependent on the service. This data helps to inform Durango Transit's service and secure funding opportunities.

Graphic showing ridership trends on Durango Transit in 2021