House keys, foreign currency and Chuck E. Cheese tokens — behind the scenes at RTD’s secret cash vault
We went inside the room where cash is collected from buses and trains. The workers’ pockets are sewn shut.
How did Colorado Blvd. become such a reviled road?
Colorado Boulevard might just be metro Denver’s most reviled road. It’s congested, full of long lights, and can be dangerous to walk or bike. CPR transportation reporter Nathaniel Minor dug into the boulevard’s history to answer a question submitted through Colorado Wonders, and tells us about its potentially very different future.
Meet the first homeowner to rebuild and move back after the Marshall fire
Jessica Carson of Louisville will become the first homeowner who survived the Marshall fire to move into a rebuilt home after city officials grant her a certificate of occupancy on Friday.
Colorado’s updated EV plan boosts incentives but avoids California-style ban on gas vehicles
It’s in the hope of building a market for EVs and resulting in Colorado reaching an EV “tipping point” of 25 percent of new vehicle sales in 2025.
Federal highways boss calls Colorado a leader in transportation equity and climate policies
After decades of building cities and roads primarily for vehicles, Colorado has recently begun to shift more dollars toward public transit, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.
RTD pins September R Line derailment on the train operator speeding
Some say that multiple derailments at the same spot suggest a design flaw.
Warning to Colorado’s reckless toll lane drivers: Big fines are coming your way next year
Last year, the legislature passed a bill that allows state transportation officials to ticket the tens of thousands of drivers who weave in and out of toll lanes or otherwise abuse them.
The RTD R Line will reopen later this month after its September derailment
The derailment was the second such incident in the last four years.
Colorado rejects private bid for toll lane expansion of I-25 between Denver and Fort Collins
The toll lane-less gap of about 21 miles between State Highway 7 in Thornton and State Highway 56 south of Loveland will remain that way, for now.
Transportation on the 2022 Colorado ballot: Local transit funding asks appear to succeed, RTD board incumbents re-elected
From the Pikes Peak region to Eagle County to the Denver metro.
Here’s where local transportation funding is on the ballot in Colorado
More investment in sidewalks, roads and transit services across the state are on the ballot.
Karen Mallette was a public transit superuser. Then a derailed RTD train cut off her leg
She decided to tell her story now, for the first time publicly, because of a second R Line derailment in September 2022 that appears to share several important details with one that changed her life forever.
Judge expects November decision in fight between RTD and contractor
RTD and Denver Transit Partners sued each other over issues with new wireless crossing-gate technology that led to costly human flaggers stationed at intersections, and delayed the opening of one rail line by more than two years.
Junta Directiva 2022 de RTD, Distrito N: Peggy Catlin, Pat Lawrence
El Distrito N abarca comunidades como Morrison, Evergreen y Columbine.
Junta Directiva 2022 de RTD, Distrito O: Lynn Guissinger, Richard O’Keefe
El Distrito O abarca Lyons, Nederland, Boulder y Louisville.
Yep, RTD’s free fare August led to a ‘fantastic’ ridership increase, data shows
It still remains to be seen whether the ridership increase had any measurable impact on air quality.
