- RTD estimates it lost about $850,000 to rail system fare evasion in 2018.
- But the majority of employees still enjoy their jobs and plan to stay with RTD at least another year.
- One town leader in the Vail Valley thought it might help with affordable housing issues, and an economist agrees.
- RTD has put forward the names of the five finalists in the running for the top position in the agency, albeit on a temporary basis.
- Find new revenue, or reprioritize the existing budget? That question will be one battle at the state Capitol this legislative session.
- Dinosaur, Colorado, lies on a line that could be cut under a new CDOT plan.
- The complaint says the agency's policy of automatically rejecting applicants who’ve had points added to their licenses bars African American applicants.
- RTD is launching a new rider alert system but text messages aren't here yet.
- Unlike the Thanksgiving holiday, when most travel happens in just a handful of days, Christmas travel will be more spread out.
- The agency hopes the reductions are enough to give their overworked operators a needed break.
- Two state lawmakers delivered a stern message to the Regional Transportation District on Tuesday: Come to the legislature with ideas on how to improve its services, or lawmakers will intervene. “People email us and they call us,” state Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada, told the RTD board.
- The city's last big project using that funding model resulted in big delays and a $200 million divorce. But officials say this one will be different.
- CDOT uses relatively large aggregate to make winter roads safer, instead of using a finer sand that would do less rock damage to cars.
- With fewer people driving cars, CDOT's revenue from gas taxes is down. A proposed solution? Fees.
- Round-trip tickets will cost $25 to Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, and $40 to Steamboat.
- General Manager and CEO Dave Genova announced his retirement late last month, and will stay on through Jan. 20, 2020.
