Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-9-165 – Planning - ten-year plan - comprehensive operational analysis - reporting - funding study - transit-oriented community infrastructure.

(1) Ten-year strategic plan. (a) No later than September 30, 2026, the district shall create a ten-year strategic plan. The plan must:
1. (I) In collaboration with local governments and the district subregional service councils, identify performance measures and targets for service, ridership, enrollment in the district's EcoPass program and income-based fare discount program, and the percentages of residences and jobs within one-quarter mile of a frequent transit route. The performance measures and targets must align with state and regional goals for mode choice, land use, climate, equity, and safety;
2. (II) Identify transportation facilities and services, including the expansion or improvement of existing facilities and services, required to meet service and ridership goals throughout the district's geographic service area over the ten-year period;
3. (III) Include a fiscally constrained plan outlining the transit projects and services that are expected to be funded with the current budget, which must be updated periodically if the funding picture changes substantially;
4. (IV) Include a fiscally unconstrained option that describes service and investments needed to meet the district's identified performance measures and targets for service, ridership, and the percentages of residences and jobs within one-quarter mile of a frequent transit route; and
5. (V) Identify expected environmental, social, and economic impacts of the recommendations contained in the transportation plan.
6. (b) For each service, facility, or capital project identified in the ten-year plan, the plan must specify and regularly update as circumstances change:
  1. (I) The time frame during which the project is expected to be completed;
  2. (II) The total estimated amount of funding required to complete the project; and
  3. (III) Funding opportunities that account for the total estimated amount of funding for the project, including the amount of funding from each funding source that has been allocated for the project or is anticipated to be allocated for the project.
7. (c) The district shall update the ten-year strategic plan in conjunction with each major update to the Denver regional council of governments regional transportation plan.
8. (d) In creating the ten-year strategic plan, the district shall coordinate with the department of transportation, the Denver regional council of governments, and local governments within the district's service territory.
9. (e) In conjunction with the creation of its ten-year strategic plan, the district shall study and identify or contract with a third party to study and identify opportunities to increase the district's funding to achieve the goals, measures, and targets identified in the ten-year strategic plan.
(2) Comprehensive operational analysis. No later than April 10, 2026, and no less frequently than every five years thereafter, the district shall create a comprehensive operational analysis. The analysis must:
1. (a) Assess existing services and travel patterns;
2. (b) Evaluate the district's financial capacity and funding opportunities;
3. (c) Identify specific transit routes or services for implementation as identified in the fiscally constrained projects list of the applicable ten-year plan required by subsection (1) of this section; and
4. (d) Make recommendations on achieving the goals identified in the applicable ten-year plan required by subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Reports. (a) (I) During each legislative interim, the district shall present a report on its progress in delivering the projects identified in the ten-year strategic plan described in subsection (1) of this section and the comprehensive operational analysis described in subsection (2) of this section to the transportation legislation review committee created in section 43-2-145 (1)(a). As part of the report, the district shall provide guidance to the committee as to how to access and understand the plan and analysis, and the committee may, if it determines that the plan or analysis does not include all the information required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section, instruct the district to ensure that any missing information is promptly added.
(II) Notwithstanding the requirement in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the requirement to submit the report required in this subsection (3) continues indefinitely.
(b) The district shall report quarterly to its board of directors on its progress in developing and delivering the ten-year strategic plan described in subsection (1) of this section and the comprehensive operational analysis described in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Transit-oriented community infrastructure. The district shall periodically notify the Denver regional council of governments and the department of local affairs of any known infrastructure gaps that exist within a transit center, as defined in section 29-35-202 (9), within the district's service territory.

Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-161), ch. 186, p. 813, § 4, effective May 13.