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Average daily ridership on the Roaring Fork Valley’s public bus system has soared 57% this winter over fall levels despite the threats and challenges of the pandemic.
Roaring Fork Transportation Authority buses had an average daily ridership just shy of 4,000 during the fall. Once winter service kicked in Nov. 22, average daily ridership soared to 6,276, according to data the staff presented Thursday to the board of directors.
RFTA anticipates daily numbers hitting 10,000 passenger trips once ski season is in full swing, Kurt Ravenschlag, RFTA’s chief operating officer, said at the meeting.
A RFTA bus rolls through Aspen in November 2018. Ridership numbers are on the rise this winter despite the pandemic.