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[KevinKorell]

RTD website:

 

As the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States increases, we want to remind you how you can protect yourself when riding RTD services. While our vehicles are cleaned every day, there are measures you can take to further protect yourself from getting sick. Check out these facts and tips and continue to check back for updates.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Denver, CO Post, 3/24/20:

 

  RTD slashes bus, light rail service as coronavirus spurs “unrivaled” ridership drop 

 

 

RTD’s elected board unanimously approved unprecedented cuts to rail and bus service Tuesday night in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has decimated ridership in just the last two weeks. The COVID-19 service plan will take effect April 19.

 

Story here.

 

I am surprised they are not putting the virus related service cut into effect immediately but are waiting almost another month.  Whatever losses they have had will only compound.

[KevinKorell]

Colorado Politics, 4/3/20:

 

  RTD changes course with rear-door boarding, fare suspension on bus and light rail   

 

 

 

In a reversal of its previous position, the Regional Transportation District on Friday announced that it would institute rear-door boarding on its buses and suspend fare collections beginning Sunday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Denver, CO {Post, 4/8/20:

 

 

  RTD to reduce service on B-Line, G-Line due to coronavirus pandemic; no change to A-Line service   

 

 

 

 

RTD will add two of its three commuter rail corridors — specifically the B-Line and G-Line — to the long list of bus and train routes set to go undergo frequency reductions starting April 19 due to steep ridership drops resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Still scratching my head to try and figure out why they won't make their reductions until April 19th.  Everyone else has.    Story here.

[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading 5/22/20

 

Survey: Denver RTD riders apprehensive about transit use

 

A majority of riders who had not used transit in the past 30 days said they will take a wait-and-see approach before riding again. Photo – Denver RTD Facebook

 

Regional Transportation District of Denver (RTD) riders ranked train or bus use as the least safe activity to participate in during the pandemic, according to an RTD survey of nearly 2,700 riders.

 

Conducted online earlier this month, the survey found that riders remain apprehensive about engaging in social activities. Most respondents deemed riding RTD as the least safe activity relative to other choices provided in the survey, such as grocery shopping, visiting a drugstore or pharmacy, visiting friends, visiting family and exercising outside.

 

Continue here.

 

RTD news release:  Public cautious about using transit, RTD survey shows

[KevinKorell]

Colorado Politics, 6/9/20:

 

   RTD to resume fare collection, front-door boarding   

 

 

 

Beginning July 1, riding bus and light rail on the Regional Transportation District will bear some semblance of normalcy, as the agency resumes front-door boarding and fare collection.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 7/1/20:

 

    RTD-Denver’s latest financial projections better than predicted  

 

 

The Regional Transportation District of Denver's (RTD) finances could recover to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels by 2023, two years sooner than previously predicted, according to the latest forecast by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Northglenn-Thornton, CO Sentinel, 8/11/20:

   COVID curtails most N-Line opening day celebrations  

 
 
 
 
The first official train on RTDs N-line commuter rail service officially is scheduled to leave Denvers Union Station at 10 a.m. Sept. 21, making stops at new stations along the way for ribbon cuttings.

 
 
Story is here.
 
Cross-posted in Commuter Rail and Coronavirus forums.

[KevinKorell]

Mass Transit magazine, 9/4/20:

 

  Understanding air flow on Denver RTD's light-rail vehicles  

 

 

 

According to questions the customer care team is fielding, many riders are concerned about the circulation and quality of air in the Denver Regional Transportation District's (RTD) light-rail cars.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine, 9/9/20:

 

  Denver RTD says budget, workforce cuts are coming    

 

 

 

Denver’s Regional Transportation District will cut its budget and eliminate jobs to address a funding shortfall estimated at $166 million in 2021, CEO Paul Ballard told employees in a Tuesday memo.

 

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