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 2.6 million people in RTD's District. The 2,377 square mile District includes all or parts of eight counties: the City and County of Denver, the City and County of Broomfield, the counties of Boulder and Jefferson, the western portions of Adams and Arapahoe Counties, the northeastern portion of Douglas County, and portions of Weld County annexed by Longmont and Erie. RTD's governing body is a publicly elected 15-member Board of Directors, with each Director elected by their district to a four-year term. Each Director District contains approximately 173,000 residents.

RTD Statistics (as of January 2009)

Service Area population - 2.7 million
Cities and towns served - 40 municipalities in 6 counties plus 2 city/county jurisdictions
Square Miles in service area - 2,337
Weekday regular fixed-route scheduled miles - 163,987 (includes LRT and Mall Shuttle)
Annual regular fixed-route service miles operated - 49,947,763 (January 2009 service levels annualized)
Active bus stops - 10,199
park-n-Ride facilities - 74
Total number of regular fixed routes - 165
- Local - 72
- Limited - 13
- Express - 24
- Regional - 18
- skyRide - 5
- Boulder City Local - 15
- Longmont City Local - 7
- Misc - 11 (Mall Shuttle, Light Rail (C, D, E, F, G, & H Lines), Art Shuttle, Pathways E, Pathways W, and Goodwill)
Special Services include: access-a-Ride, BroncosRide, BuffRide, call-n-Rides (Arapahoe, Arvada, Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Dry Creek, Evergreen, Gateway, Highlands Ranch, Interlocken/Westmoor, Lone Tree, Longmont, Louisville, Meridian, North Inverness, Orchard, Parker, South Inverness, South Thornton/Northglenn and Superior), CU vs. CSU Football Game,Race for the Cure, RockiesRide, runride, seniorRide, and vanpool (DRCOG's Commuter Services and North Front Range's "VanGo")

Active Bus Fleet

Total buses (All are wheelchair lift-equipped) - 1,039
RTD-owned and operated - 621
RTD-owned, leased to private carriers - 439
Peak-hour buses required - 862 (regular buses only)
Average age of fleet - 6.0 years
Annual diesel fuel consumption (RTD-operated buses only) - 6.0 million gallons
Access-a-Ride cutaways - 301 by 1/08
call-n-Ride Ride cutaways - 40
call-n-Ride vehicles - 39

Light Rail Service

Vehicles - 117
Miles of track - 35
Stations - 37

Ridership September 2006 - September 2007

Average weekday boardings - 313,590 (including approx. 50,285 Mall shuttle boardings; 55,717 LRT boardings; and 2,220 access-a-Ride boardings)
Annual boardings - 93,425,922 (including approx. 14,869,543 Mall shuttle boardings; 17,121,651 LRT boardings; and 637,459 access-a-Ride boardings)

Financial