First Transit Agency to Sell Tickets Through Uber App Sees Relatively Few Takers Two Years on

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Regional Transportation District of Denver was the first transit agency to work with Uber to sell its bus and light rail tickets through the Uber app in the spring of 2019. RTD later that year expanded the service to trip-planning app Transit and then last fall to the app for another ride-hailing service, Lyft.

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