A Winning Combination: Bikes and Transit

Whether you’re an avid bike commuter or a recreational cyclist, you may want to include RTD in your riding plan. It's easy, and you never know when it will come in handy.

RTD’s bike-n-Ride program combines bikes with transit to help you go the distance. It’s a healthy, economical and environmentally friendly way to commute to work or expand your horizons during recreational outings.

Roll Along
With Bikes on Buses

All buses except the 16th Street FREE MallRide are equipped with bike racks on the front of each bus. Our easy-to-use bike racks can hold two bikes and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. On Regional and skyRide buses, you may either use the bike racks or you may load your bike inside the baggage bins. Bikes can be loaded at all bus stops except those marked “non-bicycle stop.”

Only two-wheeled adult (except recumbent bikes) and children’s bikes fit on the bus bike racks. Motorized bikes are not allowed on any bike rack, inside the baggage bins, or inside light rail cars.

Easy To Use Bus Bike Racks

• Signal bus driver.
  
• To release the rack, squeeze the center handle and slowly lower it down.
  
• Place front wheel on side labeled “Front Wheel.”

Lower the rack

Squeeze the handle to release

Pull suport arm over the wheel

Remove bike, then return the rack to upright position

• Pull up and out on the support arm and hook the arm securely over the top of the front wheel closest to the fork.
  
• You must be able to lift the bike and place it on the rack yourself.
  
• Stay toward the front of the bus and watch your bike to ensure its safety.
  
• Let the driver know your stop.
  
• Exit at the FRONT DOOR and tell the driver that you are removing your bike
  
• If you are the last person to unload your bike, return rack to its upright position.

RTD is not responsible for lost or stolen bikes or damage to bikes due to improper loading.

Loading Your Bike onto Light Rail

• Allow all other passengers to board and deboard first.
  
• Black and white bike symbols painted on the platform next to the yellow safety strip indicate the correct doors for boarding with your bike.
  
• Load and unload your bike at the front or rear entrance of the light rail car. Bikes are not allowed at the front entrance leading to an occupied operator’s cab.
  
• Hold your bike upright against the rear or front of the light rail car. Stay with your bike during the ride. Leave plenty of room for passengers to clear the doorway at all times.
  
• Show the fare inspector your permit and fare when requested to do so, or you may be asked to exit the train.
• Allow all other passengers to exit before you unload your bike.

Loading bike

Load at front or rear of car

Holding bike