Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about RTD Board

Meet RTD District “A” Candidate Regan Byrd — “Not a Seasoned Politician”

By David Sachs | Oct 5, 2016 | 7 Comments

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 […]

Fixing Denver Transit Barely Registers With RTD Board of Directors

By David Sachs | Jul 1, 2015 | 14 Comments

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 […]