Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about FasTracks

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RTD in Crisis Part 2: A Failure of Leadership

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

A failure of leadership caused the current crisis at the Regional Transportation District. Gov. Polis, members of the Colorado General Assembly and RTD's board of directors are to blame.

The Denver region has made significant investments in transit, but as long as it continues to also spend big on highways and parking, car traffic will continue to rise. Graphic: RTD

RTD Transit Ridership Not Keeping Up With Denver’s Growth

By David Sachs | Aug 10, 2017 | 29 Comments

As long as Denver keeps expanding highways and parking, transit will have a hard time keeping pace.

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 […]

#StreetFail: Golfers Enjoy Luxurious Sidewalks While Bus Riders Take a Hike

By David Sachs | Jul 13, 2016 | 4 Comments

Here’s a sad joke on Colorado Boulevard. This bus stop near 38th Avenue on the edge of Park Hill Golf Course requires people to walk and wait on a ridge of lumpy dirt. Weeds, plants, and bushes create an impassable route for wheelchair users and a dangerous one for everyone else. The RTD stop is […]

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 Denver’s “Most Important Pedestrian Intersection” Must Improve

By David Sachs | Oct 30, 2015 | 7 Comments

Since Union Station became the anchor for a vibrant downtown district, the area has quickly gained an identity as a place where people walk, but the surrounding streets aren’t ready for the huge influx of pedestrians expected once RTD’s massive FasTracks expansion opens next year. City planners estimate as many as 100,000 people daily will stream through the Union Station transit district once four […]

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