[BoulderCouncilHotline] Mobility and Shift Workers

[Young, Mary]

Dear Colleagues, Staff and Community,

At last week's Transportation Master Plan discussion I brought up shift workers. The plan did not seem to adequately address their needs. These workers make very important contributions too our economy and the wellbeing of our community.

I received a link to a report titled Supporting Late-Shift Workers. From the report:

"The public discourse on commuting too often focuses on public transportation for those working “traditional” 9-to-5 jobs. However, a growing share of Americans work the late-shift— broadly defined as jobs that start between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m."


https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Late-Shift_Report.pdf


​The report makes several recommendations on ways in which shift workers' commuting needs can be addressed.


I hope that as we move forward with TMP implementation, we keep these workers at the forefront of our actions.


Thank you.

Mary Dolores Young
Boulder City Council
303-501-2439

"All ethics . . . rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts . . ." - Aldo Leopold

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