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Fear of getting assaulted, drug use are factors in RTD driver shortage

Officials plan to double the number of armed transit police who patrol buses and trains by the end of the year

Annette MacNeal, left, who has been with RTD for 28 years, speaks to a group inside a bus parked outside the Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center where RTD is holding a RTD career fair in Aurora, Colorado on March 28, 2024. RTD officials aim to attract new bus and train drivers with incentives including a $4,000 signing bonus and a starting pay of $25 per hour. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Annette MacNeal, left, who has been with RTD for 28 years, speaks to a group inside a bus parked outside the Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center where RTD is holding a RTD career fair in Aurora, Colorado on March 28, 2024. RTD officials aim to attract new bus and train drivers with incentives including a $4,000 signing bonus and a starting pay of $25 per hour. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
By | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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“Everybody wants better service. But, without the workforce, RTD cannot meet its current service commitment, let alone expand."
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