Management for the Regional Transportation District is looking for the board to sign off on $539 million in loans to replace the transit agency’s aging fleet, CBS Colorado has learned. The information came out in internal documents looking to the future of the transit agency.
RTD is looking at purchasing “clean diesel” buses to replace most of the agency’s 995 buses. Thirty-six are currently electric, in use on 16th Street.
The move has transportation advocates asking about both funding and goals. James Flattum, co-founder of Greater Denver Transit, an advocacy organization, notes that traditionally, debt is used for things like new facilities or new tracks…