RTD Transit Police Department will start 24/7 patrols to enhance personal safety and security for customers and employees. With 61 sworn Transit Police officers and 19 recruits graduating in May, the force aims to reach a minimum of 119 officers by yearend as part of its efforts to create a welcoming transit environment across the district’s service area.

Dr. Joel Fitzgerald Sr., Chief of Police and Emergency Management, said, “All members of the RTD-PD team will do everything in our power to ensure that customers and employees are safe on the RTD system.” Full story.

RTD is calling upon individuals to submit one-of-a-kind bus art designs for a bus design contest as part of the agency’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Artists must submit applications and bus artwork design proposals by Friday, May 24. Full story.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) notified RTD on April 18 that the East Colfax Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project had successfully completed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process, clearing the way to request FTA Capital Investment Grant (CIG) funds to construct the project

RTD, as the direct recipient of federal funds, is working in coordination with the City and County of Denver and the City of Aurora to implement the East Colfax BRT project, which involves BRT service along the 9.9-mile Colfax Avenue corridor that extends from Union Station in downtown Denver to the R Line Colfax Station in Aurora. Full story.