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RTD Works To ‘Re-Imagine’ Its Future Amid Declining Ridership

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RTD light rail trains at the Broadway station August 2019.

RTD’s ridership has fallen five percent over the last few years, even as more people move to the area the transit agency serves. CPR’s transportation reporter Nathaniel Minor wanted to know why, and what RTD plans to do about it.