RTD new fares are complete lies
RTD said we would only be paying 10 cents more when the fares went up in January but this was based on the new smart card. That smart card is only going to be a pilot program. The rest of us are paying $1.30 per ride as there are no transfers anymore. They do allow you to pay for a day pass for the cost of the round trip but if you just have to go to work / store and back; you are paying 20 cents more per trip unless you only need one way to get where you are going as you can still get a 10 ride booklet for 1.175 per trip; only 17.5 cents more.
The airport trip is even funnier. Those who go to DIA from Golden Broomfield Boulder etc all pay the same fare as those of us who live close to DIA and kids are now paying over age 5. ($9 or $4.50).
Whats even funnier than the DIA fares is the fact that you are still missing your connection and or having to wait for that connection because your bus is late. If you need to go someplace and its past the time when the buses run (and this can be 7 pm) ; you are stuck with more connections. if you want to go across Arapahoe county like we do on a Saturday; its 2 or more buses and then you pray you don’t miss the connection because before 8 am; the buses only run once per hour on a lot of routes. For this we are paying 20 % more but the airport people are paying a lot less.
Time to throw the bums out as most of the present directors voted for this. That includes ours Claudia Folska who just threw a lot of poor , the disabled, etc under the bus. She who also has a disability was toting this as only going to be 10 cents more.
JM Fay
unincorporated Arapahoe county