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The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA; pronounced / r æ f t ə /) is an agency that operates public transportation for the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado.RFTA's service area stretches 70 miles (110 km) from Aspen to Rifle, serving the towns in between consisting of Basalt, Snowmass Village, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle, and Silt.
State Highway 82 (SH 82) is an 85.3-mile-long (137.3 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado.Its western half provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, beginning at Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) in Glenwood Springs southeast past Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen.
Aspen is said to have the best rural public transportation in the country, led by Roaring Fork Transportation Authority and complemented by the We-Cycle bike-share system and the Downtowner shuttle.
Other transportation services exist throughout the state. Some systems, such as in Colorado Springs , focus on the local area. Other systems, such as the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (connecting Glenwood Springs , Aspen , Carbondale , and Rifle ) offer regional connections.
Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, or RFTA, provides free bus service within Aspen and Snowmass Village, and pay service to the surrounding communities of Basalt, El Jebel, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, and Rifle. Amtrak serves Glenwood Springs, offering in conjunction with RFTA an environmentally friendly way to travel to Aspen.
The local transportation authority is Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA, pronounced "rafta"). RFTA retains ownership of the land previously used for rail traffic to Aspen, [79] a source of occasional consternation in balancing development needs. [80]
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Roaring Fork Transportation Authority; S. Colorado State Highway 82; T. Top of the Rockies National Scenic Byway; W. West Elk Loop Scenic and Historic Byway