Whois & Analysis for rtd-denver.com

The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, was organized in 1969 as the regional authority operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in Colorado.

It operates over a area, serving 2.87 million people.

RTD is governed by a 15-member, publicly elected Board of Directors.

Directors are elected to a four-year term and represent a specific district of about 180,000 constituents.

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT) or fast tram is urban public transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States.

The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station.

Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States.

Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 21st most populous of the 50 United States.

The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,540,545 on July 1, 2016, an increase of 10.17% since the 2010 United States Census.

RTD Bus and Rail (branded as TheRide) is a transit system in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.

Operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), it currently runs 79 local, 16 express, 16 regional, 11 limited, and 5 skyRide bus routes plus some special services.

It also includes 7 light rail lines and an additional 2 commuter rail lines with 53 stations and of track.