No shit. The service is slow and sucks, there are constant shootings and stabbings on the busses/lightrail, rampant drug use out in the open, homeless everywhere. OFC people don't want to use the service. Archive: https://archive.today/eN9hL From the post: >>RTD ridership barely increased despite efforts to promote public transit, newly released numbers show, raising concerns that continued rail maintenance “slow zones” and security problems are causing people to rely on their cars. Metro Denver residents boarded Regional Transportation District buses and trains 65.23 million times in 2024, up .1% from the 2023 ridership (65.17 million) and 38% below the pre-pandemic 2019 ridership of 105.8 million, according to the data provided to the agency’s elected directors. Colorado legislators have been pressing for increased ridership. Newly-elected RTD director Chris Nicholson said lagging ridership is a problem and that lawmakers have suggested a goal of doubling the number within a decade. “Massive disruptions on light rail” as RTD contractors work to fix and replace deteriorating tracks is largely to blame, Nicholson said.