Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about RTD

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 […]

Here’s Your Chance to Tell RTD How to Improve Transit

By David Sachs | Mar 15, 2016 | 1 Comment

The RTD Citizen Advisory Committee is looking for five new members. For the past 10 years, this collection of 17 people advised RTD on policy related to FasTracks, the voter-approved expansion bringing five new transit lines to the region. Now its role has expanded. In addition to FasTracks, members will start advising RTD on other projects and inform the agency’s long-term […]

Walkable Streets Beat Out Parking in Vision for Future of Broadway Station

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday the Denver Planning Board approved a plan to transform the area around Broadway and I-25 Station so people can get to the station safely and conveniently without driving. Under the plan, a new mixed-use neighborhood would rise around the station. Instead of a park-and-ride surrounded by car-first streets, Broadway and I-25 Station would be accessible via new pedestrian and […]

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