Colorado recently awarded Colorado Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE) and Regional Transportation District (RTD) a $9.3 million Senate Bill 24-230 Formula Program grant to increase frequency and launch new service on key bus routes and restore service on other routes.
The program is part of the state’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing funding to reinvest in sustainable transportation and rail infrastructure and to expand and restore transit services.
“Providing public transit services is more costly per revenue mile than it ever has been, and that fact is not unique to RTD,” Debra Johnson, RTD general manager and CEO, said. “The agency recognizes the limits that are inherent in its existing funding sources, and I am appreciative of the continued collaboration with the state that has brought us to this point. Collaborations like these will only be more important as RTD partners with the communities it serves to provide the services that customers need.”
The agency identified high-priority areas for funding including expanding Route 19 to serve more destinations, and increased frequency and pattern revisions on routes 1E/44 (ART Shuttle), 37, LD3/287, the 16th Street FreeRide, and 21E.
CTE is a state-owned business housed within the Colorado Department of Transportation.