Posts Tagged ‘RTD’
Julianne McCabe, RTD critic wants new transportation solutions in Boulder
Candidate Julianne McCabe (left) at a recent candidate forum. Julianne McCabe’s curiosity led her to take up an independent study of transit issues in Boulder. The former attorney pored over RTD budgets, statewide transportation reports and [...]
Turning the Dream of a Community-wide Eco Pass into Reality
Resident transit use before and after possessing an Eco Pass. Source: City of Boulder (click to enlarge) For many years, Boulder County and the City of Boulder have been offering financial incentives to businesses and neighborhoods to sign up for [...]
A Long and Winding Road For RTD
At a PLAN-Boulder forum on Friday, November 1, Chuck Sisk, representative to RTD’s board of directors from District O (which includes most of Boulder County), asserted that a state-wide coalition called Impact 64 is seriously considering trying to [...]
Bikes and Bus Rapid Transit
There's still political wrangling to be done and funding to be found, but with a little luck we'll see something resembling Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) coming to the US 36 corridor Real Soon Now. I think this is great, and will make very efficient use [...]
Poll: Public Transit Options for the Northwest Corridor
At a PLAN-Boulder County forum on March 19, 2012, the majority of a panel of current and former local officials concurred on the need for more details and guarantees from RTD with respect to its recent “hybrid” proposal for transit in the [...]
The Train, the Bus, or Both?
PLAN-Boulder County sent the following letter to the Boulder City Council, the Boulder County Commissioners and the RTD Board of Directors March 6, 2012 PLAN-Boulder County strongly supports an energy efficient mass transit system in the NW [...]
I Heart the Bus
Reasons to ride the bus… Want a more relaxed way of life? Ride the bus; I found that once I started using the bus, I stopped over-scheduling. Tired of fighting the traffic? Ride the bus; I no longer care if it is snowing, or someone is [...]
RTD’s Fare Increase: Driving Us to Drive
RTD has proposed another fare increase, this time a 12.5% increase from its current value of $2.00 to $2.25. The bus fare in 2002 was $1.10, which would be $1.34 in today’s dollars. The graph below shows the actual bus fare from 2002 to 2011, [...]
