RTD officials said in their first public forum considering potential temporary service cuts that they continue to try a wide array of ideas to improve recruitment and retention.

It was a perfect situation to test the skills of the only mental health clinician in the nation assigned full-time to a transit agency – licensed professional counselor Nicholas Runyan, who joined RTD over the summer. Runyan, contracted by RTD through the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD), pairs up with a Transit Police officer when he ventures out in RTD’s service area within Denver.

Every day of the year, thousands of dedicated RTD employees take the wheel of buses and trains across the region, delivering thousands and thousands of you where you need to go. You tell us often how these operators have become an integral part of your day.

Let’s start the groundswell now for a new Oscar category: Best Performance by a Public Transit Vehicle in a Popular Film. Back by public demand, this year’s Academy Award nominee could be the RTD Route NB, transporting skiers on a relaxed trip from Downtown Boulder Station to Nederland – and beyond, to Eldora Mountain Resort.