Facts & Figures
RTD by the numbers
Regional Transportation District
The Regional Transportation District was created in 1969 by the Colorado General Assembly to develop, operate, and maintain a mass transportation system for the benefit of 2.92 million people in RTD's service area. The 2,342 square mile district serves all or part of eight counties:
- Boulder
- Broomfield
- Denver
- Jefferson
- Adams
- Arapahoe
- Douglas
- Weld
RTD’s governing body is a 15-member elected Board of Directors, with each director elected by district for a four-year term. Each director district contains approximately 180,000 residents.
Our Mission
- Meet our constituents’ present and future public transit needs by providing safe, clean, reliable, courteous, accessible, and cost-effective service throughout the district.
- As a public agency, we are dedicated to serve the public and to meet the public needs for a transit agency.
- We connect you with your community. We’ll take you from point A to point B safely, on time, and in clean and accessible vehicles.
- Our priority is to offer you the best customer service. We want you to be satisfied with every trip you take on RTD.
- We work to continuously improve our service. We listen to your suggestions and address your concerns because your voice is important to us.
- We are committed to providing an affordable service to our customers.
Service statistics
- Service Area population: 3.03 million
- Cities and towns served: 40 municipalities in 6 counties plus 2 city/county jurisdictions
- Square miles in service area: 2,342
- Weekday regular fixed-route scheduled miles: 140,471 (includes rail, Free MallRide, Free MetroRide)
- Annual regular fixed-route service miles operated: 43,801,049
- Active bus stops: 10,053
- Park-n-Ride facilities: 84 with 30,730 parking spaces
- Total number of regular fixed routes: 142
- Commuter Rail: 2
- Light Rail: 8
- Local: 88
- Limited: 16
- Regional: 20
- SkyRide: 3
- Misc: 5 (Free MallRide, Free MetroRide, Art Shuttle, HOP, Senior Shopper)
Special services
- Access-a-Ride
- BroncosRide
- BuffRide
- FlexRide (21 service areas)
- CU/CSU football game
- Race for the Cure discontinued as of 3.4.18
- RockiesRide discontinued as of 3.4.18
- RunRide (Bolder Boulder)
- SeniorRide
- Senior Shopper
- Van Pool (DRCOG Commuter Services)
Active bus fleet
- Total buses (all are wheelchair lift-equipped): 1,035
- RTD-owned and operated: 603
- RTD-owned, leased to private carriers: 432
- Peak-hour buses required: 808 AM, 841 PM
- Average age of fleet: 5.9 years (revenue)
- Annual diesel fuel consumption (RTD-operated buses only): 5.238 million gallons
- Access-a-Ride cutaways: 344
- FlexRide Ride cutaways: 54
Rail
Light rail
- Total vehicles: 172
- Miles of track: 58.5
- Active Stations: 54
Commuter rail
- Total vehicles: 66
- Miles of track: 29 (G line: 35)
- Stations: 9 (G Line: 17)
Ridership
December 2016 - November 2017
- Average weekday boardings: 336,576
- Annual boardings: 100,942,818
December 2015 - November 2016
- Average weekday boardings: 329,855
- Annual boardings: 101,297,072
December 2014 - November 2015
- Average weekday boardings: 339,300
- Annual boardings: 103,377,797
Financials
Total Operating Budget
- 2017: $626.1 million
- 2016: $563.0 million
- 2015: $466.7 million
Staff
Budgeted number of RTD employees
- Salaried: 888
- Represented: 1,975
- Total: 2,863
Private Contractor Employees
- Fixed route: 953
- Paratransit (ADA & FlexRide): 655
Updated March 2018