DENVER — The free shuttle that has bused countless Denverites along 16th Street will resume full service later this fall following a more than three-year hiatus, Regional Transportation District officials said Thursday.

The no-cost shuttle, formerly known as the free MallRide, stopped running at the start of the coronavirus pandemic more than five years ago but resumed partial service when the city’s multi-year reconstruction of the pedestrian mall began in 2022.

Rebranded along with the name of the mall, the FreeRide is expected to resume full service between Civic Center Station and Denver Union Station on Sunday, Oct. 5.

“Constructed more than 40 years ago, the 16th Street pedestrian and transit mall is a major link through downtown Denver,” an RTD spokesperson said in a news release

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