transit
Report: RTD, Colorado Schools Should Prioritize Electric Buses to Save Money, Reduce Pollution
If the Regional Transportation District and Colorado school districts invested in electric buses, they would not only help curb harmful diesel emissions, a new report finds, but would save many millions in the long run.
May 8, 2018
RTD Is Upping Transparency With Video, Audio, and Transcripts for Board of Directors Meetings
Transit agency won't spend money needed for live broadcasts and real-time closed captioning, though.
May 1, 2018
Colorado Lawmakers Nudge RTD to Provide Bigger Fare Discounts for Low-Income Transit Riders
RTD Board of Directors says it has everything under control.
April 26, 2018
Add East Colfax to the List of Streets Getting Transit Signal Priority for Faster Buses
Yesterday Streetsblog reported that the Regional Transportation District and Denver Public Works will speed up buses on six streets by giving them more green lights as they approach intersections. Make that seven.
April 13, 2018
RTD, Denver Public Works Prep to Speed Up Buses on Six City Streets
Federal Boulevard and West Colfax Avenue are among the corridors destined for better transit.
April 12, 2018
Denver Can’t Rely on State Lawmakers to Fund Transportation the City Needs
It's clear from the debate at the capitol that any legislative package of transportation funding will be more about pleasing constituencies who live a stone's throw from Utah, Oklahoma, and Kansas than about solving the unique problems of an urban, growing city.
April 11, 2018
Is Your RTD Board Member Slacking?
Unlike most other transit agencies, the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors is elected. It turns out that some of those reps take their elected duties a lot more seriously than others.
April 2, 2018
Let’s Be Honest: To Improve Transit, Denver Has to Claim Street Space From Cars
Finite street space is a fact of city life, so transportation officials might as well be clear and forthright about how to make the best use of it.
March 30, 2018
RTD Board OKs Another Round of Bus Service Cuts, Along With Some Improvements
The RTD Board of Directors approved dozens of changes to the transit agency's bus service Tuesday night, including the consolidation of bus stops to speed up service. But the suite of changes, coming in May, also includes service cuts that will affect riders trying to get to their daily destinations.
March 28, 2018
Colorado Senate Could Pass Bill to Subsidize Highways, Snub Transit
Known as SB 1, the bill would also make toll lanes harder to build and threatens to undermine a more transit-oriented funding measure on the November ballot.
March 26, 2018