Published: Jan. 15, 2016
Get connected! FLEX express service between: Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder. Begins January 18, 2016. ridetransfort.com/FLEX

FLEX bus service connecting CU-Boulder and Fort Collins is up and running. If you’ve been waiting for inexpensive, direct, easy transit service along the north Front Range, FLEX will take you where you need to go. Two special events will take place Jan. 21 in both Fort Collins and Boulder to celebrate the start of service and the growing connections between Fort Collins and Boulder.

Festivities kick off in Fort Collins from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Attendees will then ride the FLEX to CU-Boulder to participate in the events on the University of Colorado Boulder campus where light refreshments will be served.

The CU-Boulder welcome ceremony will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the University Memorial Center Plaza (south side).

Guest speakers:

  • Mary Young – Mayor Pro Tem, City of Boulder
  • Elise Jones – County Commissioner, City of Boulder
  • Chuck Sisk – RTD District O Representative
  • Tom McGann – Director of Parking & Transportation Services, CU-Boulder
  • Dennis Coombs – City of Longmont 
  • Kurt Ravenschlag – General Manager Transfort 

FLEX Service Highlights

  • Express trips between Boulder, Longmont, Loveland and Fort Collins, with limited stops, allowing a travel time that is comparable to auto drive times
  • $1.25 one-way fare, $0.60 for seniors and disabled
  • RTD EcoPass and CollegePass accepted for fare-free rides
  • Free WiFi; work while you commute
  • Weekday service during peak commuting times
  • Transfort technology provides real-time bus arrival information; information will be available during the CU-Boulder welcome event
  • Route and schedule information is available on the Transfort FLEX website.

Transfort, the City of Fort Collins’ transit department, will be operating the FLEX year-round, Monday through Friday. The new FLEX route is made possible by a grant from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) received by Boulder County, and partnerships with the City of Boulder, City of Longmont and City of Loveland. 

For Boulder FLEX related questions please email: clark.rider@colorado.edu.

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