Tag: Rtd
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Polis calls out Xcel as provider says work to restore power delayed as late as 10 p.m. Friday
Gov. Jared Polis called out Xcel Energy Friday afternoon, saying the utility had to do a better job at communicating how long its outages would last. The statement comes at the end of a week of severe wind in the Front Range, with Xcel intentionally turning off the power to at least 48,000 customers on…
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Denver RTD buses, trains decorated as gingerbread houses for the holidays
Holiday cheer is on the move this year in Denver. Gingerbread, candy canes and snowman cookies will decorate the exterior of some Regional Transportation District buses and light rail trains through the end of the holiday season, the transit agency announced Friday. The new wraps will appear across the metro Denver RTD system “along several…
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RTD restores full L Line service after downtown rail rebuild ends
Light-rail riders regain direct L Line trips Jan. 4 when the Regional Transportation District reinstates the route shut down during the Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project that wrapped up Nov. 25. The agency also returns H and D lines to normal downtown routing through 18th/California and 18th/Stout stations instead of terminating at Denver Union Station. E,…
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Tap-n-Ride contactless fare payment on RTD transit now available
Regional Transportation District riders can now tap Visa or Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards directly on bus and rail fare validators to pay fares under a contactless system launched Nov. 25. A demonstration video on how to use the system is available on RTD’s website. The Tap-n-Ride option lets passengers ticket themselves in seconds…
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RTD’s changes to disability transport faces legal challenge
A legal battle over access to public transportation for those with disabilities is again brewing in the very town where it and “The Gang of 19” made national headlines almost 50 years ago. Members of the Atlantis ADAPT community and two additional plaintiffs, Dawn Russell and Claudia Folska, filed a complaint and a motion for…
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RTD changes downtown Denver transit schedules Saturday for Parade of Lights
Denver’s Regional Transportation District is modifying transit schedules on Saturday as thousands expect to travel downtown for the Parade of Lights. 9NEWS’ 51st annual Parade of Lights celebration begins at 6 p.m. RTD officials warned travelers of bus and train schedule changes between 3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., according to a news release. In previous…
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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 allows riders to tap their cards and phones to pay fares
There’s a new and easier way to pay for bus and rail rides around the metro Denver area. The Regional Transportation District now allows riders to tap their mobile wallets or payment cards at fare validators in a new contactless payment program called Tap-n-Ride, the transit agency announced Tuesday. The Tap-n-Ride brings another option for…
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Coalition urges Gov. Jared Polis to move forward with Northern Front Range passenger rail project
A coalition of elected officials, organizations and advocates is urging Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s transportation agencies to move forward with an initiative to create a passenger rail service connecting Denver and Fort Collins. A series of letters sent to Polis, the Regional Transportation District (RTD), the Colorado Department of Transportation, and the Front…
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RTD to run special ‘Holiday Train’ near downtown upon completion of light rail project
The Regional Transportation District will debut a new December holiday service on its new light rail tracks in place of standard rail routes downtown. And, no, this doesn’t mean downtown light rail trains D, H and L lines have returned after a months-long construction project. Following the reconstruction of the light rail crossing at the…