DENVER — The Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors voted late Tuesday night to increase fares to a popular transportation program for people with disabilities.

RTD's Access-on-Demand provides taxpayer-subsidized Uber, Lyft and taxi rides to Denver metro residents with disabilities.

The program has grown 10-fold since it began in 2021. In the beginning, there were 6,250 rides per month. Now, there are more than 62,000 rides per month, with a monthly operating cost of $1 million.

According to RTD, 3,200 of RTD's 14,300 paratransit customers used the service in June, a 16% increase in use since January.

In February 2024, RTD General Manager and CEO Debra A. Johnson commissioned a peer review study of RTD’s paratransit service delivery. The American Public Transportat

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