“It was a big increase in operators calling in unable to come to work. It’s unusual to have this number.”
An RTD bus got stuck in snow during a March 2021 storm in Denver near the interesection of Downing Street and Speer Boulevard.bus and rail rides were canceled on Friday after an unusually high number of drivers notified supervisors they were unable to work due to the inclement weather and bad roads led to shutdowns of several bus routes.
Along the W light rail line that runs west from central Denver to Golden, at least 35 trips had been canceled before 2:30 p.m. And trips were canceled along more than 40 bus routes. The absences threw off schedules, creating uncertainty for riders. “It puts us onto a different frequency of travel. If a trip is dropped, if you are expecting a train or bus every 15 minutes, it goes up to 30 minutes if you lose a trip,” she said.
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