A disability-rights group sued the Regional Transportation District this week over planned changes to a service for people with disabilities.

Starting Jan. 1, it will become more expensive for many people to use Access-on-Demand, an RTD service that offers subsidized, on-demand rides.

The new lawsuit aims to stop those changes. It was filed in federal court by Atlantis ADAPT and two disability rights activists, represented by local civil rights firm Newman and McNulty.

“This is a measure of last resort for Atlantis ADAPT, and these folks have been advocating for over a year to stop these cuts,” Andy McNulty said. “They’ve said that these cuts violate the law and that they’ve said that these cuts are going to be really problematic for folks with disabilities, and the RTD board didn’t lis

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