Overview

• Directors voted 10–5 to establish a $4.50 base fare for the ride-hailing program that had offered free trips to eligible users.
• The board also approved cutting the maximum subsidy to $20 per trip for up to 60 rides each month, down from $25, according to Denver7.
• Other proposed changes, including reduced hours and service-area limits, remained under discussion after hours of testimony from riders and advocates.
• RTD cites fast-rising costs, reporting subsidy growth of about 3% per month, more than $1.2 million in August, and wheelchair-related expenses adding roughly $1 million monthly.
• Access-on-Demand has grown to roughly 73,000 trips a month and about $17 million annually within RTD’s $1.2 billion budget, drawing a letter of opposition from 30 state lawmakers.