Transit Briefs: Brightline, Denver RTD
Transit Briefs: Brightline, Denver RTD Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Brightline has selected Orlando, Fla.-based Radixx, a Sabre company, for online retailing and marketing; and Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) is launching a new payment method on its Mobile Tickets app.
The partnership with Radixx will allow Brightline, a private-sector passenger railroad company, to be part of Radixx Res™, a cloud-based passenger services system that offers “unlimited ancillary upsells”; to use the Radixx Retailer module; to implement Radix ezyCommerce, an internet booking engine; to contract the use of Radixx Insight Marketing+ to develop customer segmentation strategies, and create and manage digital marketing campaigns; and to use Sabre’s Movement Manager, a cloud-hosted operations management system. Implementation is expected “later this year,” according to Radix
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Denver RTD Advances Commuter Rail Extension Proposal
Denver RTD Advances Commuter Rail Extension Proposal Written by Bill Wilson, Engineering Editor; and Editor-in-Chief, Railway Track & Structures
Now that the RTD Board has decided to go with the Level 2 option, a study will take place looking at costs and any construction challenges for extending commuter rail service to Boulder and Longmont, Colo. (RTD)
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors has green-lighted a more detailed plan to provide “peak service” diesel-powered commuter rail transportation to Boulder and Longmont in Colorado.
The RTD Board was presented with three options for the next steps in the work to fulfill promises made during the 2004 campaign for the FasTracks program. The Board chose the Level 2 option. The decision will put a study in motion that will estimate all associated costs and identify issues to be addressed with t
Denver RTD Approves ‘Equitable’ TOD Policy Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The RTD Board of Directors has approved a new “equitable” transit-oriented development (TOD) policy that the agency said “gives staff needed flexibility” when developers propose projects on surface parking lots.
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) has a new tool to encourage development of affordable housing on district-owned property.
The RTD Board of Directors has approved a new “equitable” transit-oriented development (TOD) policy that the agency said “gives staff needed flexibility” when developers propose projects on surface parking lots, such as those adjacent to the station at Central Park or at County Line.
RTD’s staffing reductions due to the pandemic had included 309 represented employees and 90 salaried employees.
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) is recalling all full-time union employees and working to bring back all 137 part-time operators, the agency reported.
The pandemic-induced staffing reductions at RTD included 309 represented employees and 90 salaried employees. In early December, RTD notified the rail and bus operators who would be laid off, and in early January, notified additional union staff and salaried staff, it reported. Over the past month, the agency said it rescinded some operator layoffs as other operators left through attrition.
General Manager and CEO Debra A. Johnson