The 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 2.7 million people in RTD's District. The 2,340 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 northern portion of Douglas County, and small portions of Weld County annexed by Brighton, Longmont and Erie.
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
- 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: 2,340
- Weekday regular fixed-route scheduled miles: 139,083 (includes light rail and Mall Shuttle)
- Annual regular fixed-route service miles operated: 38,824,067 (includes light rail)
- Active bus stops: 9,841
- Park-n-Ride facilities: 77 with 31,049 parking spaces
- Total number of regular fixed routes: 133
- Light Rail: 6
- Local: 63
- Limited: 10
- Express: 12
- Regional: 18
- SkyRide: 5
- Boulder City Local: 13
- Longmont City Local: 4
- Misc: 2 (Mall Shuttle and Art Shuttle)
Special services
- Access-a-Ride
- Bolder Boulder (RunRide)
- BroncosRide
- BuffRide
- Call-n-Ride
(Arapahoe, Belleview, Belmar, Brighton, Broomfield, Dry Creek, Evergreen, Federal Heights, Golden, Green Mountain, Highlands Ranch, Interlocken/Westmoor, Lone Tree, Longmont, Louisville, Meridian, North Inverness, Orchard, Parker, South Inverness, South Jeffco, South Thornton/Northglenn and Thornton/Northglenn) - CU/CSU Football Game
- Race for the Cure
- RockiesRide
- Race for the Cure
- Senior Ride
- Shopper’s Special
- Van Pool
(DRCOG Commuter Services and North Front Range “VanGo”)
Active bus fleet
- Total buses (all are wheelchair lift-equipped): 998
- RTD-owned and operated: 572
- RTD-owned, leased to private carriers: 426
- Peak-hour buses required: 779 (regular buses only)
- Average age of fleet: 10.2 years
- Annual diesel fuel consumption (RTD-operated buses only): 5.4 million gallons
- Access-a-Ride cutaways: 324
- Call-n-Ride Ride cutaways: 42
Light rail
- Total vehicles: 172
- Miles of track: 47
- Stations: 46
Ridership
January-December 2012
- Average weekday boardings: 328,109
- Annual boardings: 99,142,849
Financials
Total Operating Budget
- 2012: $414.7 million (Base System, interest excluded)
- 2013: $434.6 million (Base System, interest excluded)
Staff
Budgeted number of RTD employees
- RTD total: 2,415
- Salaried: 700
- Represented: 1,715
- Fixed Route Total: 1,100
- Paratransit (ADA & Call-n-Ride) total: 604
Updated May 24, 2013
