Total transit trips in the Denver region are gradually on the rise. But with population increasing too, transit doesn’t capture a higher share of regional trips than it did in 2004, when voters boosted the RTD transit system with the $5.3 billion FasTracks investment.
Transit’s slice of the transportation pie remains stuck at 4 percent, according to a brief report presented at a recent RTD Board of Directors meeting [PDF].
“Transit ridership has not kept pace with regional growth,” said Lacy Bell, a planner and project manager with RTD. “So while we have increased boardings, it’s not at the same rate as population growth.”
