Green Ride taking over some SuperShuttle routes to DIA

Loveland-based Green Ride Colorado will take over some Northern Colorado routes for Phoenix-based SuperShuttle, the companies announced Monday.

Green Ride will begin offering former SuperShuttle customers direct service to Denver International Airport from the Harmony Transfer Center and the Loveland Shuttle Stop 36 times per day, as well as home pickup and hotel service in Fort Collins, Windsor, and Loveland.

The locally owned airport-shuttle company, which started operations in 2009, will be the only shared ride airport shuttle company serving Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor, when SuperShuttle transfers its operations in the Northern Colorado market, expected to occur on March 1. SuperShuttle will continue to serve the Denver/Boulder market with both SuperShuttle and ExecuCar service.

Green Ride expects to add “between 20 and 25 new positions at Green Ride to meet the expected increased demand for our service” Green Ride co-founder Ray Schofield said in a prepared statement.

SuperShuttle announced in January that it would end service between Denver International Airport and Longmont, and would drop its service to Greeley/Evans. Margaret Nathan, a spokeswoman for SuperShuttle, said, those routes were included in the transaction with Green Ride.

“The Greeley Longmont routes were included in the sale on our side (SuperShuttle),” she said in an email.

However, Green Ride does not immediately plan to launch direct service from those cities.

John Secrest, regional vice president for SuperShuttle’s Colorado operations, said, “although we are disappointed that we are leaving the Northern Colorado region, we are excited that Green Ride will be expanding their capacity to ensure all of our customers are well-taken care of in the future. We are also extremely pleased they will be able to offer many of our employees job opportunities. We are working very closely with Green Ride to ensure we minimize the impact to all of our customers during this time of transition.”

Green Ride will update and expand its fleet of vehicles in order to meet the expected increased demand for service, the company said.

Information on Green Ride’s service or schedule can be found at www.greenrideco.com or by calling 970-226-5533.

This article was updated to include a comment from a spokeswoman for SuperShuttle.