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Originally Posted by TakeFive
While coverage is not unimportant it can limit RTD's ability to invest in a more a competitive product/routes which would produce much better ridership numbers.
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This is the primary issue with RTD. Its mission is to provide transportation coverage over a large geographic area with the logical result being multiple routes that have meandering paths with low frequency and lousy ridership. Doing otherwise invites the wrath of local municipalities that would feel cheated if there service was reduced from a trunk line to a ride-sharing option performance be damned. The regional nature of RTD is killing the local routes.
Could RTD's mission be changed to provide transit access where multiple routes would be cut while others, mostly in Denver, would be greatly expanded? Is the political will there? Probably not.