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RTD began its planned park-n-ride fee program Feb. 2, and while some RTD patrons may feel a tug on their wallets, Metro students who utilize the RTD parking lots will not.
There will be no cost for those in-district residents using the RTD parking facilities for 24 hours or less, though longer stays will cost $4 in high-demand lots and $2 in low-demand lots.
In-district residents are those with license plates registered in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson and Weld counties. Those who are unsure of whether or not they are in-district can check by entering their license plate number into a form on the RTD website (www.rtd-denver.com), said Daria Serna, communications assistant at RTD.
However, students living outside of the RTD district can have the fee waived.
The RTD website states that students enrolled in a college or university with a current student ID, but with a vehicle registered outside the RTD district, are exempt from the parking fees.
College students living out-of-district can be exempted from the parking fees if they provide Central Parking — the company in charge of RTD’s new parking system — with a school schedule, copy of their school ID, license plate number, phone number and which parking location the student will be using.
All information should be sent to Sherry Sylla at Central Parking Systems, 475 17th St. Suite 750, Denver 80202. Central Parking can be contacted at 303-292-1505 for more information.
It is the student’s responsibility to contact Central Parking to avoid any out-of-district fees, Serna said.
Even if an exemption from the out-of-district parking fee is obtained, the fee for a stay longer than 24 hours will still apply. The new parking fees will not have an impact on the price of the student bus pass, Rachel Wear, the UCD representative to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, said.
The first phase of the fee plan includes lots at Wagon Road, Thornton, Airport Boulevard and 40th Avenue and Stapleton, with 12 additional lots to implement fees on March 2.
In April, six more lots will institute the fee program, with a final 12 lots joining the plan in May. Thirty-eight of RTD’s park-n-ride lots will remain fee-free.
All RTD park-n-ride Light Rail stations — with the exception of the Englewood station — will be converted to a fee system by April 1.
RTD parking fees
Parking lots at these locations will begin charging on March 2.
- Arapahoe at Village Center Light Rail Station
- Belleview Light Rail Station
- Colorado Light Rail Station
- County Line Light Rail Station
- Dayton Light Rail Station
- Dry Creek Light Rail Station
- Lincoln Light Rail Station
- Nine Mile Light Rail Station
- Orchard Light Rail Station
- Southmoor Light Rail Station
- University of Denver Light Rail Station
- Yale Light Rail Station
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