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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 […]

This Is How I Went Car-Free In Denver

By Kurt Woock | Jun 25, 2015 | 15 Comments

Denver’s share of households without a car remains unremarkable. At 12 percent, it’s just over the national average. But that doesn’t mean it’s difficult to live without a car here — it might just be that too few people are taking advantage of other options. My wife, Kati, and I traded in our car for […]

Help Reshape Civic Center Station Into a Safe, Modern Transit Center

By David Sachs | Jun 24, 2015 | 6 Comments

RTD and the city want to transform the dilapidated, dangerous Civic Center Station into a modern transit hub, and they’re kicking off the public process tomorrow. Eighteen bus routes and 15,000 people — more than at any other station — pass through Civic Center Station, but it’s surrounded by three terribly wide streets: Colfax, Broadway, and […]

Tonight: Help Imagine a Better West Colfax Avenue

By David Sachs | Jun 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

Professional stuntmen don’t want to cross it and Lance Armstrong wouldn’t bike it even after doping up: West Colfax Avenue. It needs to change, and residents can help decide how it will, tonight at an event called Reimagine West Colfax. It’s the first of two meetings that will decide what type of temporary infrastructure — a crosswalk or a protected bike […]

RTD Votes on Fare Changes Tonight, But Not Discounts for Low-Income Riders

By David Sachs | May 26, 2015 | 4 Comments

The Regional Transportation District’s fare structure has never been simple. With three tiers of prices that vary according to how far you travel, even locals have trouble figuring out what their trips cost. If a restaurant menu was as confusing as Denver’s transit pricing, it would lose out on a lot of customers. In an attempt to simplify riding […]

RTD May Join the Ranks of Transit Agencies with Transparent Meetings

By David Sachs | May 21, 2015 | No Comments

If a town like Littleton can do it, there’s no reason the Regional Transportation District can’t. That’s the message District H RTD Director Kent Bagley had for his colleagues today about recording and posting board meetings online in the name of transparency. No one at the Executive Committee meeting held at RTD headquarters disagreed with the principle […]

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