Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about A-Line

RTD Will Need Federal Clearance to Operate A and B Lines Past November 5

By David Sachs | Oct 27, 2016 | 7 Comments

The Regional Transportation District’s A and B lines are on thin ice with the Federal Railroad Administration. If RTD and Denver Transit Partners, the consortium of companies that designed, built, and operate the A and B lines, don’t make “significant progress” on the commuter rail’s defective crossing arms by November 5, the FRA could shut […]

Hancock Puts Rosy Spin on I-70 Widening in His State of the City Speech

By David Sachs | Jul 11, 2016 | 7 Comments

About 25 miles east of Denver’s urban core, across acres and acres of sprawl and rural fields, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered his annual “State of the City” address at Denver International Airport today. Hancock acknowledged that many residents aren’t reaping the benefits of Denver’s economic growth. Nodding to the city’s homelessness epidemic and housing shortage, he announced […]

Why the A-Line to Denver International Airport Costs $9

By David Sachs | Apr 29, 2016 | 12 Comments

A lot has been made of the $9 fare to get to and from Denver International Airport on RTD’s gleaming new A-Line. As Streetsblog reported a few weeks ago, it’s more expensive than airport rail in comparable American cities, but about the same as in San Francisco. CBS4 and ABC7 did similar stories more recently. Why […]

The Opening of RTD’s A-Line and What’s Next for Denver Transit

By David Sachs | Apr 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

The A-Line between Union Station and Denver International Airport opened today to loads of fanfare: Two ribbon cuttings (one at each end of the line), 14 scheduled speeches, and a media train that departed at 5 a.m. As Streetsblog wrote earlier this week, the hype for the A Line has gotten a little out of […]

Denver Needs More Than a Train to the Plane to Become a Great Transit City

By David Sachs | Apr 20, 2016 | 13 Comments

As exciting as the impending debut of RTD’s A Line to Denver International Airport may be, the hyperbole is getting out of control. In a Denver Post story exclaiming that the Friday launch of the A line will “change the metro area forever,” DIA CEO Kim Day said her airport is “no longer competing with Dallas and Chicago, but we […]

How Will a Ride on the A-Line to DIA Compare to Rides in Other Cities?

By David Sachs | Apr 5, 2016 | 10 Comments

A little over two weeks from now, a notorious local rite of passage will end for many: Slogging in traffic to Denver International Airport. The A-Line from Union Station to DIA opens April 22. If all goes well, air travelers will gain a reliable way to catch the plane, and airport employees will gain an efficient commute. Transit lines connecting downtown to the airport work […]