The Regional Transportation District is a public agency, which was created in 1969 by the Colorado General Assembly.

RTD operates as a public transportation system in an eight county service area, which includes all of Boulder, Broomfield, Denver and Jefferson Counties, parts of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, and a small portion of Weld County.

Mission Statement
To meet our constituents’ present and future public transit needs by offering safe, clean, reliable, courteous, accessible and cost-effective service throughout the District.

Service Statistics (as of January 2010)

• Service Area population: 2.8 million
• Cities and towns served: 40 municipalities in 6 counties plus 2 city/county jurisdictions
• Square Miles in service area: 2,348
• Weekday regular fixed-route scheduled miles: 159,824 (includes light rail and FREE MallRide)
• Annual regular fixed-route service miles operated, including light rail: 48,862,622 (January 2010 service levels annualized)
• Active bus stops: 10,199
• park-n-Ride facilities: 74
• Total number of regular fixed routes: 150
  • Local: 67
  • Limited: 11
  • Express: 20
  • Regional: 16
  • skyRide: 5
  • Boulder City Local: 15
  • Longmont City Local: 7

Special Services

• access-a-Ride, Bolder/Boulder, BroncosRide, BuffRide, call-n-Rides, CU/CSU Football Game Bus Service, Komen Denver Race for the Cure Bus Service, RockiesRide, runRide, seniorRide and vanpool (DRCOG's Commuter Services and North Front Range's VanGo)

More Facts and Figures
Below is a list of several facts and figures regarding plans RTD has or is currently working on.