After more than a year of debating how much public tax money should be spent to enhance mobility for people with disabilities, RTD directors will again consider a plan to implement fares and scale back the Access-on-Demand service, which currently provides free rides from services like Uber and Lyft. RTD staffers estimate tens of thousands more metro residents will qualify for subsidized Access-on-Demand rides in the future. “This is the one RTD service where everybody who uses it is thrilled. If RTD directors agree to a base fare, “they would kill the program by pricing people out,” Folska said. RTD made a mistake in offering Access-on-Demand as a free service, “setting up unrealistic expectations,” he said.