[Colorado-Talk] 16th Street Mall | RTD’s Free MallRide Service Change Effective July 15

Sat Jul 13 20:32:01 UTC 2024

Greetings everyone:

On Friday, July 12, I informed everyone about changes to the RTD free MallRide route starting Monday, July 15. For any of you who need information about the route used by the RTD Free MetroRide bus, here is a text-based description of the route for the benefit of print-disabled, nonvisual users, provided by RTD.

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Customers can board the Free MetroRide inside Civic Center Station at Gate 7. There are automated stop announcements for its stops toward Union Station at:

18th and Glenarm

18th and California

18th and Curtis

18th and Lawrence

18th and Market

18th and Wazee

At Union Station, customers can board the Free MetroRide in the bus concourse at Gate 13 (closer to light rail) or Gate 22 (closer to commuter rail.) 

The stops toward Civic Center Station are:

19th and Blake

19th and Lawrence

19th and Curtis

19th and Stout

The Free MetroRide bus drops off at Gate 7 at Civic Center.

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Again, this all takes effect on Monday, July 15.

Best regards,

Curtis Chong

From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 11:08 AM
To: 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List' <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: 16th Street Mall | RTD’s Free MallRide Service Change Effective July 15

Greetings to everyone:

The email below announces a change to the RTD Free MallRide bus starting on Monday, July 15.

Here is the relevant information.

"The RTD Free MallRide continues to run during the 16th Street Mall Project, rerouted to 15th and 17th Streets. Beginning Monday, July 15, and extending until fall, RTD’s Free MallRide service will only run from Union Station and Champa Street. This planned detour is part of RTD's  <https://www.rtd-denver.com/railproject> Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project. Customers planning to travel to and from Civic Center are encouraged to use the RTD  <https://www.rtd-denver.com/routes-services/other-services/free-metro-ride> Free Metroride.

"The MallRide will begin to gradually return to 16th Street in fall of 2024 as consecutive blocks open along the Mall. For more information on RTD's Free MallRide detours,  <https://www.rtd-denver.com/routes-services/other-services/free-mallride> click here. "

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

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RTD's Free MallRide Service Change Effective July 15 

The RTD Free MallRide continues to run during the 16th Street Mall Project, rerouted to 15th and 17th Streets. Beginning Monday, July 15, and extending until fall, RTD’s Free MallRide service will only run from Union Station and Champa Street. This planned detour is part of RTD's  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=82882b9341&e=57a401c762> Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project. Customers planning to travel to and from Civic Center are encouraged to use the RTD  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=4056f4c4f8&e=57a401c762> Free Metroride.

The MallRide will begin to gradually return to 16th Street in fall of 2024 as consecutive blocks open along the Mall. For more information on RTD's Free MallRide detours,  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=ce87f141ef&e=57a401c762> click here. 

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Business Support

The City and County of Denver and the Downtown Denver Partnership have developed a  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=1e6cd76532&e=57a401c762> Small Business Support Program to assist businesses potentially impacted by 16th Street Mall construction throughout the multi-year construction period. Check if your business is now eligible on the  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=8e0ef43525&e=57a401c762> Business Support page of the 16th Street Mall Project website. Questions? Email  <mailto:edprograms at downtowndenver.com> edprograms at downtowndenver.com.

Connect with the Project Team 

Virtual Office Hours 

Each month, project team members will host a virtual office hours to provide project information and answer questions from the public. The next virtual office hours will be held on July 25, 2024 from noon – 12:30 p.m. To RSVP and receive a meeting link,  <https://cig-pr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc34ba15e6547b8d998f63f6a&id=0cefbbce2e&e=57a401c762> click here. If that time won’t work with your schedule, we are also happy to set up a different time to meet in-person or virtually. 

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To download the app, go to the Apple Store or Google Play store and search “16th Street Mall Project."

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