(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A petition to implement a new Bustang route from Colorado Springs to Buena Vista and Salida is getting attention. The petition was created on Dec. 22, 2023 and as of Feb. 7, has attained 640 signatures of its first goal of 1,000 signatures.
The petition was created by Adrienne Schwartz of Colorado Springs, who hopes to alert the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to the need for public transportation between Colorado Springs and Salida/Buena Vista.
“It’s clear that there’s a demand for better public transportation options in Chaffee County,” she said.
Other petitioners chimed in with multiple arguments for the new bus route, many of whom wished they could get to Colorado Springs (and not just Denver) from Chaffee County. “We really need this,” said Betsy Lincicome of Salida. “People go to COS (the airport), to Colorado Springs for medical needs and many other reasons.”
Kathleen Bohn, also from Salida, said, “We travel out of Colorado Springs airport frequently. It would be great to have an alternative to driving and leaving a car.”