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FasTracks Line Opening Ahead Of Schedule

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: West Rail Line Schedule, Video, Fastracks Schedule, Denver to Golden Train, Fastracks West Rail Line, Denver Fastracks, Denver Commuter Train, Fastracks, Fastracks West Corridor, Denver News

The West Rail Line of a Denver metro-area commuter train network will open to the public on April 26, 2013. That's 8 months ahead of schedule for the...

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Stuck Between Stations (UPDATE)

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Video, Union Station Neighborhood Co, Denver-Union-Station, Rtd, Denver Rtd, Fastracks, Union Station Alliance, Union Station Redevelopment, Union Station Hotel, Denver News

RTD-Denver has a fairly precise vision of what the city's mass transit future will look like: a handful of light-rail lines ferrying passengers around...

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RTD Lands More Than $1 Billion For FasTracks

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: RTD Grant Money, Federal Transit Administration, Denver Rtd, Fastracks, Rtd, Public Transportation, Denver Fastracks Funding, Mass Transit Denver, Federal Funding Mass Transit, Denver News

RTD officials announced Tuesday the receipt of a $1.03 billion federal grant to help pay for FasTracks' construction. A signing ceremony will be held ...

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Feds Granting FasTracks $120 Million

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Denver News, Denver Light Rail, Fastracks, Rtd, Michael Bennet, Fastracks Funding, Denver Public Transit Funding, Rapid-Transit-Denver, Denver News

Denver's Regional Transportation District will receive a funding boost to the tune of $120 million, courtesy of the Federal Transit Administration. T...

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RTD Weighs Fare Increases Of Up To $1

Denver Daily | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fastracks, RTD Fare Hike, Regional Transportation District, Denver Public Transportation, Rtd, Denver News

The Regional Transportation District tonight will begin holding public hearings to address a proposed fare increase that would begin in 2011. Trans...

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FasTracks Contractor Has Paid Nearly $200 Million In Court Settlements Since 1995

Face the State | John Schroyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reagional Transportation District, Macquarie Capital Group Ltd., Colorado Public Transportation, Fluor Enterprises, Rtd, Fastracks, Denver News

The Denver area's Regional Transportation District announced a week ago that it had selected a coalition of six companies to head up the construction ...

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Denver Apartment Seekers Willing To Pay More To Be Near Light Rail

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Apartments, Fastracks, Denver, Light Rail, Grubb and Ellis, Rtd, Denver News

People are willing to pay about 4 percent more a month to rent an apartment within a quarter-mile of a light-rail stop. That's pushing vacancy rate...

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Hickenlooper: "How Do We Wean Ourselves Off Automobiles?" (VIDEO)

Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bike Culture, Colorado Politics, Mass Transit, Climate Change, Walking, John Hickenlooper, Fastracks, Denver News

John Hickenlooper's vision for Colorado in urban areas (and maybe beyond?) is for people to bike, walk and ride mass transit.

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Hickenlooper's "First Class" Rail Plans -- With Your Money (VIDEO)

Mary Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Politics, Randal O'Toole, John Hickenlooper, Fastracks, Rtd, Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, Denver News

At a recent gubernatorial campaign event in Fort Collins, Hickenlooper was asked his views on passenger rail on the Front Range.

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LA Mayor Travels to DC; Good News for Denver?

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Transit, The Economist, Washinton D.C, Antonio Villaraigosa, Fastracks, Denver, Los Angeles, Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Denver News

For those of you in Denver worried about the future of FasTracks, I've got good news: Los Angeles' mayor Antonio Villaraigosa just took a trip to Washington, DC.

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Boulder's Transit Village Plan Debated

Bob Wells | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transit Village, Boulder, New Urbanism, Matt Appelbaum, City Planning, Boulder-Politics, Colorado Politics, Fastracks, Denver News

The discussion was mostly polite and the issues complex as 70 people crowded into a downtown Library room to hear four experts discuss Boulder's planned Transit Village redevelopment plan.

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Denver's Transportation Future Arrived Today

Judy Montero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Line, Gold Line, Judy Montero, Denver Union Station, Denver City Council, Fastracks, Transportation, Denver News

Today I was thrilled to join Sen. Michael Bennett and the FTA at a press conference announcing that the federal government has agreed to loan $300 million dollars for Union Station redevelopment.

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Don't Throw FasTracks Under a Bus

Paul Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drcog, Fastracks, Light Rail, Tod, Mass Transit, Highways, Car Culture, Public Transportation, Denver Transportation, Development, Los Angeles, Rtd, Denver News

What do the editorial writers for the Denver Post want? More roads. Perhaps they should visit Los Angeles to see how well that worked.

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FasTrack Proprosal: Any Tax Increase Should Go To Unfunded Tracks

Denver Post | Jeffrey Leib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metro Mayors Caucus, Colorado, Aurora, Fastracks, Denver, Sales Tax, Rtd, Denver News

Some local government leaders say proceeds of any new FasTracks sales-tax increase approved by voters should be dedicated exclusively to building rail...

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FasTracks Plan May Completely Exclude North Denver: Report

The Denver Post | Jeffrey Leib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BBC Research and Consulting, Denver Transportation, North Denver Fastracks, Denver Public Transportation, Light Rail, Fastracks, Denver News

Communities in north metro Denver are in danger of getting no train service from RTD's FasTracks program unless the transit agency drastically changes...

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Regional Transit Key to Colorado's Future

Paul Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transit Alliance, Light Rail, Paul Rosenthal, Trains, Drcog, Fastracks, Montana, Colorado Transportation, Mass Transit, Colorado Housing, Mass Transportation, Development, Denver News

In the Denver area alone, the population will grow from 2.8 million now to 4.8 million by 2040. Will we all eventually have to move to Montana to find a square inch not covered by asphalt?

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