RTD Board
RTD’s Board Told What It Takes to Increase Ridership. But Will It Listen?
A celebrated transit planner who is so talented that he even got Houston bus ridership to increase may not be able to bring the same success to Denver for one simple reason: politics.
July 31, 2019
Mayoral Candidate Kalyn Heffernan: The Streetsblog Interview
This is a special edition to our series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 19, 2019
RTD District I Candidate Judy Lubow: Finish FasTracks and Grow Ridership
Even people who use Denver’s transit system daily might be surprised to find out that a publicly elected board of directors oversees the Regional Transportation District. It’s true. The 15-member RTD Board of Directors reps constituents from all over the map, literally, and makes decisions that affect Coloradans — in some ways more directly than … Continued
October 28, 2016
Meet District E Candidate JM Fay — “Fighting for the Little People”
Even people who use Denver’s transit system daily might be surprised to find out that a publicly elected board of directors oversees the Regional Transportation District. It’s true. The 15-member RTD Board of Directors reps constituents from all over the map, literally, and makes decisions that affect Coloradans — in some ways more directly than … Continued
October 24, 2016
Meet RTD District “A” Candidate Kate Williams: “More Rides for More People”
Even people who use Denver’s transit system daily might be surprised to find out that a publicly elected board of directors oversees the Regional Transportation District. It’s true. The 15-member RTD Board of Directors reps constituents from all over the map, literally, and makes decisions that affect Coloradans — in some ways more directly than … Continued
October 17, 2016
Meet RTD District “A” Candidate Aaron Goldhamer — Transit Is “Freedom”
Even people who use Denver’s transit system daily might be surprised to find out that a publicly elected board of directors oversees the Regional Transportation District. It’s true. The 15-member RTD Board of Directors reps constituents from all over the map, literally, and makes decisions that affect Coloradans — in some ways more directly than … Continued
October 13, 2016
Meet RTD District “A” Candidate Regan Byrd — “Not a Seasoned Politician”
Even people who use Denver’s transit system daily might be surprised to find out that a publicly elected board of directors oversees the Regional Transportation District. It’s true. The 15-member RTD Board of Directors reps constituents from all over the map, literally, and makes decisions that affect Coloradans — in some ways more directly than … Continued
October 5, 2016
Fixing Denver Transit Barely Registers With RTD Board of Directors
The Regional Transportation District’s Board of Directors is more concerned with expansion to the outer suburbs than with providing better transit in Denver itself. At least that’s what we can glean from a conversation board members had last night about RTD’s strategic five-year plan. Board members critiqued the draft plan for various shortcomings — it’s … Continued
July 1, 2015