Take Action!

You can help the U.S. 36 Bus Livability Grant application be successful and secure much-needed funding for U.S. 36 transportation improvements.  Here's how:   

1) Contact your elected officials 
Contact the dignitaries below and urge them to support the Bus Livability Grant application.  Elected officials listen to their constituents.  They track the number of letters, emails and phone calls they receive on a certain topic and act on issues that are important to constituents.  

Contact by email:  Click on the names below to email your state and federal lawmakers.  You can simply cut and paste the copy we provide into an email, or feel free to write your own.  Click here for email copy supporting the U.S. 36 Bus Livability Grant.  

Senator Michael Bennet
Senator Mark Udall 
Congressman Ed Perlmutter (Representing Adams County)
Congressman Jared Polis (Representing Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior and Boulder)  
FTA Region 8 Administrator Terry Rosapep
FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff 

Contact by mail:  If you prefer to mail a letter, simply click on the link below to download and customize a letter to your legislator.  Then, click on the Legislator Contact List to find out where to send your letter.  
Bus Livability Grant letter
Legislator Contact List 

Contact by phone:  Click here for a list of telephone numbers.  

2) Donate to 36 Commuting Solutions
Your contribution to 36 Commuting Solutions will further our efforts to bring sustainable and multi-modal transportation improvements to the U.S. 36 corridor.  You will also further our mission to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality through transportation demand management strategies.  Click here to donate to 36 Commuting Solutions.  

3) Become a transportation leader
Citizen involvement is the most important part of any grassroots political campaign.  There are several ways to become a transportation leader:

Join our mailing list and stay informed.  

Canvass your neighborhood.  Distribute Help Us Fix U.S. 36 brochures to your neighbors to spread awareness,  Contact Natalie to receive brochures.

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.  Click here for suggested wording.  Click here for a list of newspaper contacts.

Attend a City Council meeting and share with Councilmembers about the U.S. 36 problem and need for funding.  Click here for a schedule of Council meeting dates.

Volunteer to help 36 Commuting Solutions.  Contact Natalie for opportunities.

Schedule a presentation.  Invite 36 Commuting Solutions to share with your civic, academic, editorial, recreational or religious group about the long term vision for U.S. 36 and need for citizen activism. Contact Natalie to schedule a presentation.