Tag: Debra Johnson
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A look at Debra Johnson’s time as CEO of RTD
Regional Transportation District CEO Debra Johnson’s five-and-a-half-year stint at the agency featured both operational improvements and persistent challenges, notably ridership woes and a budget deficit. They included high senior leadership turnover and a slower post-pandemic ridership rebound compared with peer agencies of similar geographic size, such as Metro Transit in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, according…
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RTD CEO Debra Johnson to step down from transit agency
Debra Johnson, the CEO and general manager of the Regional Transportation District, announced Wednesday that she will step down from her role at the end of her contract, the transit agency told The Denver Gazette. Johnson sent an email to employees saying she had declined an offer from RTD’s board to extend her contract beyond…
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RTD to offer free rides during Election Day, National Vote Early Day
All RTD services will be free on Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 2024.
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RTD celebrates 30 years of the light rail
The downtown celebration included food trucks, games and music
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RTD announces plans to make Union Station bus terminal safer
The Regional Transportation District is planning to spend millions of dollars on modifications at its Union Station bus terminal that could potentially be ready by September 2023. The modifications are the next steps in the agency’s and city’s effort to reduce open drug use and crime in the area. “Restoring a welcoming environment and ensuring…
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Changes coming to Union Station to reduce crime in area
Changes to Denver’s Union Station bus terminal are coming as the Regional Transportation District and city officials try to curb the amount of crime in the area. Some of the changes include restricting the bus terminal to passengers only, installing barriers and improving the terminal’s lighting. These changes will be implemented over time, RTD’s General…
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RTD providing free rides on New Year’s Eve
Resuming an annual tradition, the Regional Transportation District announced Monday that it will offer fare free rides on New Year’s Eve to discourage impaired driving. Bus and light rail service will be free beginning at 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve through 7 a.m. the following day, according to the transit agency. The service was…
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RTD recalls laid-off union workers after announcement of COVID relief funding
RTD will be recalling all of its full-time union workers who were laid off during the pandemic as the agency is expecting to receive more than $200 million from a recent COVID-19 relief package. RTD will also begin the process to bring back all of its 137 part-time union operators, working with the Amalgamated Transit…
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Rising political star Amber McReynolds leaving Denver elections post
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A potential candidate being sized up by insiders to run for Denver city clerk next year, then possibly higher office has her own plans. Amber McReynolds, Denver’s ubiquitous director of elections, is leaving Aug. 18 to become executive director of the National Vote at Home…