Coal Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado

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Coal Creek, commonly known as Coal Creek Canyon, is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Jefferson, Boulder, and Gilpin counties in Colorado, United States, but primarily Jefferson County. The population of the Coal Creek CDP was 2,494 at the United States Census 2020.<ref name="Census 2020" /> The Golden post office (Zip code 80403) serves the area.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

Geography

The Coal Creek CDP has an area of Template:Convert, including Template:Convert of water.<ref name=CO_CDP_2020/>

Public Transportation

From the 1990s through the early 2010s, Coal Creek Canyon was served by a limited commuter transit route operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD). The service, known as Route CC, connected residents of the canyon to the Olde Town Arvada Park-n-Ride, with Park-n-Ride stops at Wondervu, the Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association, and at the junction of State Highways 72 and 93.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Around 2010, due to low ridership RTD transferred operations of the route to Boulder County, rebranding it as the Coal Creek Express (CCE).<ref>Boulder County. Mountain Transit Feasibility Study Final Report. Page 7. February 2012. https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mtn-transit-study-final-report.pdf</ref> Despite reduced costs and efforts to expand ridership—including a proposed extension to Nederland in 2011<ref>Boulder County. Mountain Transit Feasibility Study Final Report. Page 4. February 2012. https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mtn-transit-study-final-report.pdf</ref>—the service was discontinued during RTD’s 2012 system-wide service reductions.<ref>Regional Transportation District. 2012 Service Reduction Proposal: Summary of Recommended Service Changes. 2012. https://commutingsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/Latest-Copy-of-2012-Service-Reduction-2.pdf</ref> Currently no fixed-route public transportation operates in Coal Creek Canyon.