Tag: Denver Rtd
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RTD limits operations on two metro Denver light rail lines following fuel tanker crash
The Regional Transportation District is limiting service on two busy light rail lines because a fuel tanker crashed into and damaged a bridge near a southeast Denver station on Thanksgiving. Thursday, at around 1 p.m., a fuel tanker crashed into the Yale Street bridge, located at the Interstate 25 intersection. The single-vehicle crash resulted in…
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RTD estimates $1.6 billion needed to complete rail expansion across metro Denver
Metro Denver’s public transportation system needs more than $1 billion to expand its rail service to more areas across the region, notably to the north. The Regional Transportation District on Monday released a draft of its comprehensive 2025 Finishing FasTracks Report, part of an already 20-year-old program to expand the service across the metro Denver…
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1 dead in crash involving out-of-service RTD bus on I-70
A driver died after rear ending an out-of-service Regional Transportation District (RTD) bus along Interstate 70 in Denver on Monday morning. The crash took place around 6:25 a.m., and closed all westbound lanes on I-70 near Holly Street, according to RTD and the Denver Police Department. Police said the crash involved a motorist and an…
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RTD 16th Street free shuttle ride back to normal operations next month – but when exactly?
Denver’s 16th Street free shuttle ride service is set to make its full-service return, without all the detours around reconstruction. After more than three years of detours around 16th Street reconstruction, formerly 16th Street Mall, the 16th Street no-cost bus shuttle service will return to full-service next month after reconstruction is completed. Formerly known as…
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RTD begins light rail closures Sunday – but where?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s happening again, Denver transit riders. Beginning Sunday, Regional Transportation District light rail trains are no longer traveling through Denver’s central business district. At least until late November. RTD is ready to embark on the second phase of its $152 million downtown rail reconstruction project.…
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RTD warns of busy opening day travel for Rockies fans
If a prehistoric dinosaur can take public transit to a ball game, anyone can, transportation officials say.
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RTD train hits, seriously injures pedestrian in Denver
The pedestrian appeared to cross lowered warning arms, according to police
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New RTD bus route explores Denver arts, cultural districts
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Regional Transportation District added a new bus line to not only offer more public transit options, but to showcase some of Denver’s art and cultural districts in 2025. RTD dubs the new bus route as the “Art District Connector,” serving the Baker, Five Points…
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Back on track: RTD reopens downtown light rail lines
The D, H and L light rail lines return to normal service, in both directions, around the downtown business district loop.
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RTD light rail business loop closes for summer construction
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Starting Sunday, the D and H lines to downtown stations will detour to Union Station before entering downtown, as the L line shuts down