RTD

RTD directors faced a barrage of public opposition, then made controversial decisions late Tuesday to restructure the agency鈥檚 Access-on-Demand service, which has provided free rides to people with disabilities on commercial services such as Uber and Lyft... For more than a year, RTD's 15 elected directors have been wrestling with the changes that Chief Executive and General Manager Debra Johnson recommended to make Access-on-Demand 鈥渇inancially viable... Before RTD directors approved the restructuring, they listened to more than three hours of appeals by metro Denver residents with disabilities who urged them to maintain a service they described as a lifeline.

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