The Denver metro agency's budget has more than doubled in ten years as public transit lacks riders.
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“RTD looks forward to partnering with the Common Sense Institute and other stakeholders and community partners to address challenges highlighted in the report while, at the same time, leveraging opportunities that support RTD’s customers, employees, and operational efficiencies,” RTD says in a statement.RTD’s main source of funding is from sales and use taxes. Over 66 percent of its revenue from 2020 to 2022 came from those taxes.
“The new fares provide a simple, equitable, and affordable approach for customers, and they removed unnecessary burdens and confusion to using RTD’s services and discounts,” the agency says. “For example, the local and regional fare zones were consolidated to better support customers and remove barriers to accessing the system.”
RTD says it is also working to maximize how its services can get people to and from large-scale events like concerts and festivals.and on its vehicles, according to the report, although it’s tricky to figure out the actual status of crime on RTD property. Violent crimes including murder, aggravated assault and non-consensual sex assault also rose in transit locations, according to CBI data, as did motor vehicle theft, larceny and fraud.
RTD says its safety personnel strategy is evolving from a traditionally contracted security force to sworn officers. In 2019, RTD had nineteen sworn officers. Now it has over sixty officers with a goal of getting up to 119 by the end of the year. These aggressive hiring moves have allowed officers to conduct more proactive work to reduce crimes, RTD adds.
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