Dump the Pump Day

Ditch the car for one day, jump on the bus and join people across the country in Dump the Pump Day!!

The day is dedicated to raising awareness that riding public transportation helps improve the environment and conserves fuel. It also offers the opportunity for people to beat the high HIGH price of gasoline and support public transportation as an important travel option that helps reduce our dependence on foreign oil as well as reducing the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that are emitted into our environment.

On June 19, public transportation agencies from coast to coast will join together to ask you to park your cars and ride public transportation instead.

It is easy to find your route to work, especially with Park n' Rides all over town! Visit RTD's website www.rtd-denver.com to plan your route, or use GoogleMap's sweet new "Google Transit" for a more detailed map.

Public Transit Routes for Denver and Boulder on Google Maps

Following a tip on Libnet today, I looked up the driving route from my home to work at Koelbel and found that Google Maps also gave me the best public transit route using RTD. I just selected that option on the left side of the page right under "Search Results". The map gave me the next three available departure times, the length of the trip in hours and minutes, and told me where to meet the bus and how far I'd need to walk to get there. Google Maps also lists the bus route numbers for maximum clarity.

Give it a try! See if you can get to work using RTD! If the bus doesn't reach your exact destination, the route and time it will take to walk to your trip's end is also included.

I understand that the whole Denver-Boulder metro area maps on Google now offer this option, and it's so easy to use! Besides finding routes that will work for you, I think our patrons will love this. It's so much easier than using the RTD bus route maps!