Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about RTD

Denver Is Still Waiting on a Modern Fare Payment System From RTD

By David Sachs | Sep 8, 2016 | 12 Comments

Ever been riding an RTD bus, anxious to get to work on time, and the bus comes to a stop for what seems like forever while a passenger boards? That Guy is counting out $2.60 in exact change and the driver can’t pull away until he’s paid the fare, so everyone gets held up. Other major cities […]

Denver, Where Golfing Is More Important Than Walking

By David Sachs | Sep 6, 2016 | 3 Comments

Along Sheridan Boulevard, next to the immaculately manicured Willis Case Golf Course in Berkeley, is a strip of dirt and shrubs, inches away from speeding traffic, that Denver Parks and Recreation expects people to use as a sidewalk. Walking isn’t much better on the other side of the street, where the sidewalk is either nonexistent or just a few feet […]

Study: Free Parking at Rail Stations Is Costing RTD Big Time

By David Sachs | Aug 2, 2016 | 9 Comments

There’s no such thing as free parking. Just ask RTD. It costs the agency millions of dollars a year to give away spaces at its expansive park-and-ride lots, according to a study it released last month [PDF]. Across metro Denver, RTD could raise tens of millions of dollars annually if it charged for parking. That’s money which could be […]

Denver’s First Ever Transit Plan Gets Underway

By David Sachs | Jul 28, 2016 | 2 Comments

Editor’s note: If you want to help shape Denver’s transit network, take this map-based survey where you can make as many recommendations as you want. As Denver grows, the city needs to take transit into its own hands. As helpful as RTD and its expanding rail network may be for suburban commuters, the region’s new transit lines don’t do much for the […]

Takeaways From a Ride on RTD’s B-Line, Denver’s Newest Rail Route

By David Sachs | Jul 26, 2016 | 9 Comments

RTD is having a busy 2016, and it continued Monday with the opening of the B-Line between Westminster and Union Station. The commuter rail line gets people between downtown and Westminster in 11 minutes. It arrives every 30 minutes during peak hours (5:50 – 8:30 a.m. and 3:20 – 7:30 p.m.) and every hour the rest […]

#StreetFail: Golfers Enjoy Luxurious Sidewalks While Bus Riders Take a Hike

By David Sachs | Jul 13, 2016 | 4 Comments

Here’s a sad joke on Colorado Boulevard. This bus stop near 38th Avenue on the edge of Park Hill Golf Course requires people to walk and wait on a ridge of lumpy dirt. Weeds, plants, and bushes create an impassable route for wheelchair users and a dangerous one for everyone else. The RTD stop is […]

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