Tuesday’s Headlines
RTD is in Crisis. RTD cancelled buses and more than 80 light rail trips yesterday. Eulois Cleckley, head of DOTI, was named VP of NACTO. More headlines ...
9:18 AM GMT-0700 on January 14, 2020
From Streetsblog
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RTD is in Crisis: Part 1. People in the Denver Metro are ditching public transportation as a growing list of problems at the Regional Transportation District have become a full-blown crisis. (Streetsblog Denver)
Other news
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Police identified Barbara W. Williams as the driver who hit and seriously injured a CDOT worker. (Denver7, Denver Post)
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RTD cancelled buses and more than 80 light rail trips yesterday as it implemented service changes related to its driver shortage. (Denver Post)
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Eulois Cleckley, head of Denver’s DOTI, was named vice president of the board of NACTO, the professional organization for city transportation officials. (NACTO)
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Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 62 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 56 Moderate.
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