Let Voters Choose the RTD Board

Our legislators want to replace nearly half of your elected RTD board with political appointees. We believe our transit system should remain democratically elected.

RTD is a public agency with major responsibility for mobility, access, economic opportunity, and quality of life across the Denver region. Its decisions affect riders, taxpayers, employers, students, seniors, and communities in every part of the district. An agency with that much public importance should remain directly accountable to the people it serves.

Our position is simple:

All voting members of the RTD Board must be elected.
Any change to the structure of the RTD Board must be approved by voters.

A governance change this significant should not be rushed through in the final days of a governor’s final legislative session. A decision this consequential requires real deliberation, broad public trust, and genuine consensus.

An elected board gives residents a direct voice in who governs RTD. It allows voters to reward strong leadership, demand change when performance falls short, and ensure that the people making major decisions about transit remain answerable to the communities they serve.

RTD does need strong governance and sound oversight. But those goals do not require reducing the public’s role. Concerns about board effectiveness, training, expertise, and accountability should be addressed in ways that strengthen governance while preserving democratic representation.

Replacing elected seats with appointed ones would reduce direct voter control over one of the region’s most important public institutions. RTD should remain governed by representatives chosen by the public. And if anyone wants to change that structure, the voters themselves should have the final say.

74 signers so far

names will be shared when the bill is released

Add Your Name

Your right to vote for the RTD Board of Directors is under threat. Help show the state legislature that the people want the right to choose who runs their transit agency.

First Name * Last Name *

Title Include your title if we can list it. Organization Include your organization if we can list it.

Who are you signing for? * Email address *

Where do you live? * I live in Colorado I live somewhere else

What County do you live in? *

Email Updates

During the legislative session, there will be opportunities to testify and contact your state legislators. If you check the box below, we will send you a handful of emails over the next 60 days. Your address will not be shared, sold, or used for any other purpose.

Send me email updates