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Regional Transportation District Accountability Committee

RTD Accountability Committee

Established in SB25-161 Transit Reform, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Accountability Committee will evaluate and make recommendations to ensure RTD’s success as a transit agency.  The committee will address agency governance, workforce retention and labor, accessible transit options (paratransit), and other topics. The committee will meet this fall to develop a report with recommendations, which it will deliver to the legislature and governor by January 30, 2026. The committee’s work will build upon a previous RTD Accountability Committee work.

For more information, please contact kelly.blynn@state.co.us.

Committee Members

The committee will consist of 14 voting members appointed by the legislature and the governor, as well as one non-voting member appointed by RTD no later than August 1, 2025. The committee must include members who collectively meet the following criteria:
 

  • Six voting members appointed by the Governor, including:
    • One member who is a former member of the district’s board of directors
    • One member who is a current member of the district’s board of directors
    • Four members who collectively have expertise in:
      • Local government within the district’s service area
      • Financial planning and management
      • Multimodal transportation
      • Environmental organization
  • Three voting members appointed by the president of the senate, including:
    • One district service user who is 22 years or younger
    • Two members who collectively have expertise in workforce development and transportation equity

  • One voting member with expertise in economic development, appointed by the senate minority leader
  • Three voting members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, including:
    • Transit riders with disabilities
    • A representative from the district’s transit workers labor organization
    • An expert in urban planning
  • One voting member with expertise in public and transit worker safety, appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives
  • One ex officio nonvoting member who is a current member of the board of directors of the district, appointed by the board of directors of the district. 

Additional Resources

Meeting materials and other resources will be posted to this webpage as they become available.