Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about fares

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RTD’s New Discount Program Requires Signup on Glitchy Website

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 29, 2019 | 2 Comments

A 40-percent discount transit program for the poor rolled out today with an online application process that’s so confusing it requires 60 pages of instructions and left one of the leaders of an organization that helped to launch it perplexed where to start.

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Breaking: 40% RTD Discount Program for Riders in Need Opens July 29

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

RTD will start accepting applications for its long-awaited discount program starting July 29. The cost of riding buses and trains in the Denver Metro will go down 40% for people who qualify for the new income-based program.

The new fares, with the exception of the "low-income" fare. Image: RTD

It’s Official: In 2019, RTD Fares Could Cost You More or Less, Depending on Age and Income

By David Sachs | Sep 19, 2018 | No Comments

The elected RTD Board of Directors approved a new fare structure Tuesday by a vote of 10 to 5, and things will get harder before they get easier for less priveledged residents.

RTD Board Advances Massive Fare Pass Restructuring with Discounts for Riders in Need

By David Sachs | Sep 12, 2018 | 8 Comments

How will the transit agency ease the burden on bus and train riders while increasing ridership and revenue? It's complicated.

Transit riders wait to speak at the podium at RTD headquarters Tuesday. Photo: David Sachs

Transit Riders to RTD Board: Honor the Public Process and Approve New Fare Pass Discounts

By David Sachs | Aug 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

Elected officials still have to vote on a new fare package. Constituents don't want them to pick it apart.

Lower Fares for Low-Income Riders in Hands of RTD Board that May or May Not Approve Them

By David Sachs | Jul 31, 2018 | 2 Comments

Cherry-picking from a new fare structure proposal would have rippling — and possibly crippling — effects on the RTD Board's own goals.

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