With the heavy snowfall in metro Denver, the area’s infrastructure is about to turn into slushy crap — again. Snow on side streets in Denver will soon freeze over, bike lanes will be impassable, and plenty of sidewalks likely will go unshoveled. And for those who take the bus, certain RTD stops will be tougher to navigate than the Himalayas.
But while RTD stops cater to RTD buses and their riders, the majority of these way points aren’t actually maintained — or shoveled — by the transit agency itself, creating a confusing mishmash of reporting requirements for pedestrians.
“There are only a small number of bus stops in the metro area that are owned and managed by RTD. Currently there are 9,750 total bus stops in the District, of which 8,200 are active bus stops. RTD is responsible for fewer than 300 of the 8,200 active stops,” says Pauline Haberman, a spokesperson for RTD….
