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Peña Blvd. viewed from the A Line on April 23, 2016. Image: Wikimedia Commons.

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Update: Council Approves Denver Airport Road Widening That Would Make Traffic Worse

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 12, 2019 | 20 Comments

A plan to widen the road to Denver International Airport, which would make traffic worse and wipe out the city’s newly-minted goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, will get a vote from the Denver City Council on Monday.

A passenger prepares to board an RTD A-Line train at Union Station on January 30. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman.

Commentary: The University of Colorado Name on RTD’s A Line Is the Dumbest Thing

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 25, 2019 | 16 Comments

Why did officials at the Regional Transportation District allow the University of Colorado to slap its name onto the A Line airport train, confusing riders with a transit line that serves none of CU’s four campuses or its medical complex in Aurora? CU paid RTD $5 million for the naming rights in a five-year deal that […]

Longer Airport Trains Rolling After Ridership Increased 6 Percent

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 28, 2019 | 6 Comments

Denver’s airport trains are twice as long since growing ridership pressed the Regional Transportation District to expand the service. RTD’s University of Colorado A-Line trains grew from two-cars to four on January 13, which follows a six percent increase in ridership in 2018 over the previous year. Since the line launched in April of 2016, […]

Facts & Stats: Everything You Should Know About Denver’s Airport Train

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 27, 2019 | 45 Comments

We look at the cost, route, ridership numbers, vehicles, station design and other issues related to the Regional Transportation District’s second-newest railroad, the train between Union Station and Denver International Airport, including a 35 percent decline in ridership.

RTD's new driverless shuttle at a bus stop. Photo: RTD.

RTD’s Robot Bus Launch: A video, 7 Pics and Mayor Hancock’s Selfie

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 30, 2019 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, the Regional Transportation District kicked off the first-ever passenger service on a driverless electric bus in Colorado. The little, futuristic-looking bus will carry up to 12 passengers at a time along RTD’s newest route, the 61AV. It will originate at the Peña Boulevard transit station, go to a Park-n-Ride facility and hit three stops […]

How Kyle Clark informs viewers the A-Line is delayed. Image: 9News

Announcing a New Series — Are the Roads Working This Week?

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2017 | No Comments

Cars and drivers are not in traffic. They are traffic.

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