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RTD service to courts RTD bus doesn’t go to judicial center parking lot BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Regional Transportation District responded to frustration from Adams County officials on Monday about RTD buses not stopping to drop riders off at the Adams County Justice Center. The district defends that it technically hasn’t discontinued service, and that buses still go to two nearby stops. But Adams County commissioners and officials in the 17th Judicial District said the bus needs to go to the justice center parking lot, or else it will continue to make their lives and the lives of residents more difficult. “With a backlog of more than 700 felony cases, additional courtrooms A Professional Bull Rider leaves the gate Aug. 5 at the Riverdale Regional Park for the Adams County Fair. The rider, who the and hours are being introduced by PHOTO BY BELEN WARD announcers noted had previously lost an eye, was thrown from the bull. Chief Judge (Don) Quick to help provide each defendant with their Service has been modified, howThe district decided to longer constitutionally guaranteed right to sent to RTD on Jul 29. ever. The bus goes to Bromley Lane stop at the justice center for a few a speedy trial,” said Quick, DisThe county officials continued, reasons, it said in a post on Montrict Attorney Brian Mason, Sarah “The lack of access to public transit & Medical Center Drive — a 0.3 mile day responding to the recent letter Quinn of the public defender’s will restrict our ability to increase walk the justice center countyfrom is required to follow basedbus on the By Ellis Arnold and news stories which RTD called offi ce, and ve Adams the quantity oftesting cases heard stop — and Bromley Lane & spread. Tower A long lineall of ficars outsideCounty the city of Brighton’s rapid site at– and severity of a county’s local virus Colorado Community Media said, Road, a 0.4 mile walk from the The district commissioners — Eva Henry, Emma could prove to be counterproductive “misinformation.” Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent “Service has not been The dial grew out of the state’s safer-atterminated, Pinter, Lynn Baca, Steve O’Dorisio to our goal of reducing the backlog weeks due to high—demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate As Denver counties continue to home order — the as some havemetro stated.” and Chaz Tedesco in a letter of cases.” SEEpolicy RTD, P5 that came after
was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than Newand location 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and personal gatherings.
inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in effect since September, is the set of different levels of restrictions that each
the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. The state recently switched to color Scan to apply or visit identifiers — levels blue, yellow and amazon.com/startnow orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-
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