Celebrating Women's Equality Day: Bridging historical achievements with transportation equity | |
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Diversity Spotlight celebrates the diversity of RTD employees and the larger community that RTD serves and fosters an appreciation of our social and cultural similarities and differences. Diversity Spotlight supports RTD’s values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration and ownership.
On Aug. 26, Women's Equality Day marks a momentous occasion in the fight for gender equality, celebrating the profound strides made since the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. This landmark amendment granted women the right to vote, symbolizing a significant victory in the quest for equal rights and opportunities. Women's Equality Day, officially recognized by Rep. Bella Abzug in 1971, commemorates this achievement and reminds us of the ongoing efforts to ensure that all aspects of society, including transportation, support gender equity.
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Safety and Mental Health Resources Card to be placed on vehicles by end of month | RTD's dedicated team of transit professionals encounter customers who may be experiencing a personal crisis on any given day. As the conversation around mental health awareness and personal safety continues, the agency is doing its part to help those who need help the most. The latest tactic: the Safety and Mental Health Resources card. | |  |
Meet Erik Wright, RTD's new General Superintendent of Light Rail Operations | Taking on the challenge of being in the captain’s seat of RTD’s light rail operations is no small feat. It requires a certain level of grit, determination, thick skin and a desire to overcome tall challenges. To step in and do it in the midst of some of the largest construction and maintenance projects in the agency’s history? It takes a special person to be able to handle it all. | |
RTD celebrates its largest bus operator graduation class Friday in joint ceremony with light rail | |
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On Friday in the T&D conference room at Blake, Bus and Light Rail Transportation teamed up to host a joint graduation ceremony honoring 27 bus operators and eight light rail operators who completed training. Operators were greeted by members of operations leadership, as well as the Leadership Team, and received a certificate of completion, swag bag and lunch.
Bus graduates, starting with the front row, are: Betty McGee, Patricia Sams, Terilyn Brown, Daniel Lopez and Irving Sanchez-Diaz. Second row: Rosendo Moreno, Guadalupe Corral, Henok Ayele, Rafael Herrara Miranda, Thomas E. Cervantes, Da-Aushena McCoy and Jhonny Jeanty. Third row: Larry Maldonado, Yosef Billo, Mohammed Gelan, Jean Massamba Nganga, Michael Smith Jr., Samyog Ojha and Tesfa Gobena. Back row: Robert Mundy, James Collier, William Young, Luis Tartabu, Dakwan Benson, Josue Amalo, and Reginald Williams.
Friday’s light rail graduates (not pictured) are: Nancy Reyes, Cheryl Mohan-Athey, Carl Haynes, Samson Eligio, Richard Jenks, Cody Gilchrist, James Katros and Kale Lindsey.
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Welcome to RTD's newest employees! | |
40 new employees joined the agency on Monday, making it one of the largest orientation classes of the year. Welcome aboard! | |
Bus Transportation passes out popsicles during heat wave | |
On July 30, Bus Transportation provided popsicles to operators at East Metro, Boulder and Platte divisions in light of record-high temperatures that day along the Front Range. Lead supervisors met operators at key stops and stations to ensure employees received one. | |
Every day across the Denver metro area, RTD employees are making lives better through connections. The agency is proud to spotlight our exceptional workforce who go above and beyond in their roles and embody RTD’s core values. Join us in celebrating colleagues who personify the values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration and ownership. | |
Bus operator helps child running down busy street get to safety | |
RTD would like to thank operator Ramona Smith-Tucker for her outstanding performance. She observed a small child running down the street alone near 38th Street and Wadsworth Avenue.
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New employee sends props to Civil Rights Director for presentation | |
(Civil Rights Division Director) Carl Green Jr. is the best orator I have heard in a long time. I enjoyed his presentation during orientation.
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Herman Sullivan
Bus Operator (9 years)
Janet Huhn
Executive Assistant II (17 years)
Jeffrey Bundt
Bus Operator (24 years)
Shelly Rawson
Bus Operator (26 years)
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Coming soon: a new one-stop shop for employee and agency information | Beginning Sept. 3, all your agency news, updates and resources will be accessible in one location, right at your fingertips. The RTD Bulletin, which is a Linktree URL aggregation tool, will allow employees to view the latest issues of Inside Connections, review Hot Sheets and access important links from a single QR code and mobile-friendly webpage. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks leading up to its launch. | | |
Ro(a)deo season continues Friday with the 2024 Snowplow Roadeo | On Friday morning, the agency’s best snowplow operators take to the parking lot at District Shops for a shot at competing at the American Public Works Association’s National Snowplow Roadeo in Loveland in September. The event begins bright and early at 6:30 a.m., so set those alarm clocks to cheer on the operators! | |
Registration is open for the 2024 Bus Roadeo's 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Auto and Bike Show | | |
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The 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and Auto and Bike Show return to the Bus Roadeo this year! Get your squad together (three starters and two subs) and get ready to take on your colleagues. Will your group come out on top this year? | |
Do you have a sweet ride that you’d rather show off instead? Enter the Auto and Bike Show and showcase your pride and joy to your colleagues. | |
Shuttle buses in place along A Line today due to maintenance | | |
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A portion of A Line service is being replaced by shuttle buses until 5 p.m. today between Union and Central Park stations. This will enable federally required testing to be performed by Union Pacific Railroad and Denver Transit Operators (DTO) at Steele Street and Holly Street crossings, and maintenance work by DTO to occur at the Clayton Street crossing. | |
RTD has a number of solicitations currently underway at the agency or planned for the near future. To view and download current solicitations, see upcoming opportunities, and review pending and awarded contracts, follow the links below. | | |
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Debra's Quote of the Week | |
“Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.”
— Meghan Markle
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