Pins matching date:2026-09-27

Routes 15 and 15L move into new center-running bus-only lanes on East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, with passengers boarding at new island stations sheltered by steel arches. It is the first stretch of RTD's 8.5-mile bus rapid transit corridor from downtown Denver to I-225 in Aurora to carry buses, with full BRT service planned for late 2027 or early 2028.

A $1-an-hour raise lifts minimum starting pay for Amazon's U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20, with average pay nearly $24 an hour, part of a more than $1.5 billion investment in higher pay. A 10% employee grocery discount and a lifetime banking benefit come with it.