RTD considers ticket-slashing experiment amid falling ridership

RTD may ditch its higher regional fare for the N-Line when the commuter train to Denver’s north suburbs opens next year — part of an experiment aimed at boosting sagging ridership across the eight-county district while also testing the idea of one day charging a flat fare systemwide.
A Regional Transportation District committee will meet Tuesday to consider whether to move the concept — dubbed the Promotional Fare Pilot Program — on to the full RTD board of directors for