Wednesday’s Headlines

As RTD invests more in its rail network, service cuts, fare increases and demographic changes appear to drive dropping bus ridership. Image: RTD

From Streetsblog

• Why is bus ridership plummeting in Denver? A new data tool offers insights. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• DPD says RTD is not at fault for either of the two deaths at Central Park station over the weekend. (9 News)
• More on the 16th Street Mall improvement plan. (Westword)
• Denver will add 125 miles of bikeways during next 5 years. (Denver 7)
• The G Line’s robot announcer struggles to say ‘Wheat Ridge.’ (9 News) [Suggestion: Get Wheat Thins lover Stewie from Family Guy to say it.]
• Denver Air Quality Index:  6 a.m.: 51 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 51 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.