Superior urges residents to oppose proposed RTD cut to Route 228
Town officials say RTD is considering ending Superior’s only fixed-route neighborhood bus service in September and are pushing residents to comment before a board decision expected in July.
Superior officials are urging residents to comment against a proposed RTD cut to Route 228, which the town says would eliminate Superior’s only fixed-route neighborhood bus service if approved.
At the June 22 Town Council meeting, a council member said RTD had recommended ending Route 228 and expected to decide in July, with any approved change taking effect in September, according to the meeting recording. The town has repeated that message in a public notice urging residents to weigh in before RTD acts.
Superior says Route 228 connects downtown Superior and local neighborhoods to the U.S. 36 and McCaslin Park-n-Ride, with regional links including Louisville and Lafayette. The town also says it worked with RTD over the past year to extend the route and add a direct Park-n-Ride connection, and wants the service kept in place long enough for those changes to build ridership.
Public records reviewed for this story do not establish how many riders would be affected. During the council discussion, one member called Route 228 ridership "remarkably low," and Louisville said in a public notice about the hearings that RTD was considering elimination because of low utilization. But no RTD source reviewed for this story gave a route-specific rider count.
RTD adjusted Route 228 in 2025 to serve the new downtown Superior development. Its current route map shows connections to Superior FlexRide, Louisville FlexRide and regional bus service at U.S. 36 and McCaslin and Flatiron Station.
There is also no verified replacement plan in the public records reviewed. Existing FlexRide and regional routes remain on RTD maps, but no official RTD document reviewed for this story says they would replace Route 228 if the cut is approved.
As of Tuesday morning, the proposal remained in the public-comment stage. Superior’s notice directs residents to RTD’s virtual meetings and feedback channels, and Louisville’s notice says people can also email RTD directors and staff, use RTD’s online service-planning comment form or call RTD service planning.