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From the Bus Stop to the Fast Lane: How Cities Can Speed up Buses, Improve Ridership
As fewer people ride transit — in Denver and across the country — local governments and transit agencies blame a number of factors without discussing speed of service. But slow buses, combined with other elements of poor service, are a critical factor in declining transit ridership across the country.
April 4, 2019
Voters Could Give Denver a New Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Denver wants its own Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, shifting the Department of Public Works' primary focus to transportation — while keeping its duties over over solid waste and water treatment.
April 2, 2019
The G-Line From Denver to Arvada and Wheat Ridge Will Finally Open April 26
The G-Line train from Denver Union Station to Arvada and Wheat Ridge will finally open April 26 after more than two years of delays. Like the University of Colorado A-Line, glitches in the positive train control system caused the line to fail federal safety standards. But federal approvals finally arrived late last week.
April 1, 2019
Better Bus Stops and Faster Trips Coming to RTD’s 15 and 15L East Colfax Lines
RTD will upgrade bus stops, add bus shelters and install safety upgrades at 37 bus stops for the 15 & 15L along East Colfax. Changes to the street will boost pedestrian safety and accelerate bus trips, too.
March 28, 2019
Colorado’s Bus Driver Shortage. Part 1: The Problem
In Denver and across Colorado, transit officials can’t hire enough people to drive buses and operate trains. Without drivers, some buses and trains never leave the station or service is cut.
March 26, 2019
Downtown Denver Workers Walk, Bike and Ride Transit More
The number of people who drive alone to get to work in Downtown Denver is shrinking, albeit slowly, with some commuters instead choosing mass transit, biking, walking and other modes of transportation.
March 21, 2019
Snow Removal: Denver Bus Riders Get Slush and Road Spray — but Few Bus Shelters
Yesterday's “bomb cyclone” blizzard covered Denver in at least six inches of snow. After the flakes stopped falling I toured five bus routes. But it was not a good day to be a pedestrian.
March 14, 2019
RTD at 50: The 50 Most Fascinating Facts & Stats
On RTD's 50th anniversary, Streetsblog gathered 50 the agency's most fascinating facts and stats.
March 13, 2019
Lyft Will Offer Denver Public Transit Options in Its App. But Will It Get More People on RTD?
Lyft follows Uber again with a new feature that displays public transit options within its app. Officials hope the new feature will boost the tiny number of RTD riders who already use ride sharing services to get to rail stations and bus stops.
March 11, 2019
It’s Fair to Compare Denver’s Air Pollution to Beijing
On Wednesday we ran a story, Fossil Fuels Choke Denver With Air Quality 3 Times Worse Than Beijing. Several critiques of the piece showed up in its comments section and on Reddit. This post responds to three. 1) The pollution is the fault of an inversion layer, a weather pattern that traps particulate matter. The weather did not create … Continued
March 8, 2019
