r/RTDDenver

At an open house today, Colorado DOT said the current best way to share your input on the Colorado Blvd BRT project is the survey linked here.

RTD should pilot a quiet car on the A-Line

I’m on the A-Line right now, and I really think RTD should pilot a quiet car.

Not because this is only an A-Line problem. It’s not. But the A-Line is long enough, frequent enough, and used by enough different kinds of riders that it seems like the obvious place to test it.

Tonight I left one car because there was a speakerphone call happening at the same time someone else was blasting music on a Bluetooth speaker. I moved to a quieter car, and then a couple other people got on playing their own music and talking on speakerphone.

I know transit is public space. I’m not asking for the whole train to be silent. But one clearly marked quiet car seems completely reasonable: headphones required, no Bluetooth speakers, no videos out loud, no calls.

The A-Line has airport workers, travelers, commuters, visitors, and people with luggage who may be exhausted, overstimulated, or just trying to get home without being trapped in everyone else’s audio choices.

Even if enforcement is imperfect, signage and announcements would at least create the expectation. And hopefully emboldened those using the car to keep the expectation.

Start with the A-Line, see if riders actually use it, and go from there.

Would other A-Line riders support this?

Current riding the G line to Union Station. I used tap to pay when I boarded. The onboard transit security told be that next time I need to download and buy my ticket through the app because he has no way of verifying my tap purchase. Im confused as to what is going on here.

We often see complaints, but heading downtown an operator intentionally paused to allow me to board, b/c they new I wanted to catch the bus.

I didn't wave. I didn't yell. They just knew.
Now, heading back from Downtown, I just watched an operator educate a rider on how to properly secure their bike on the front rack. It was awesome!

It's things like that that make people want to ride more often.

I have to say that 95-99% of the time, the Bus Operators are OUTSTANDING!

Still wish it was FREE at the time of boarding so we could load at the rear, but others don't see it my way.

Some days it just 2 cars I think, some days there is 1 more car and then today the train is longer than I think I've seen it ever.

I'm guessing this is related to sports games and events.

It would be great if the N line could run at the 1 additional car size permanently. You can usually find a seat during the commute times even when it's the short configuration but the issue I and other folks have is space for bikes when there are fewer cars. Its been a bit of a shit show some days with folks having to stand with bikes at the doors.