Ridership on 16th Street's free bus service compared to other RTD bus routes

Total monthly boarding numbers among the agency's most ridden bus routes, March 2025 through March 2026

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Boarding numbers in hundreds of thousands; no FreeRide November '25 or December '25 data

Chart: Michael Braithwaite / The Denver GazetteSource: The Regional Transportation DistrictGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper