Denver public health officials are offering free testing for the novel coronavirus in new locations to reach underserved populations as the pandemic highlights racial inequalities. Read more
The Reimagine RTD Technical Working Group (TWG) met to continue providing guidance toward the development of a SOP to be implemented by RTD in the near-term and a Mobility Plan for RTD’s future. COVID 19 has greatly impacted RTD’s financial picture as well as how services and the Reimagine process are moving forward. Internally, RTD has pulled together a task force to look at how be a “smaller” RTD. Service to equity populations seems to be a consensus priority with access to employment centers also being identified as important. TOD and providing a basic “backbone” system of services are of great interest as well. Outreach and public engagement around Reimagine RTD and the SOP are starting to “gear up.”
Across Colorado, communities large and small are diverting cars around main streets to allow more open-air, socially-distanced dining, shopping and strolling. Read more