Denver Bike Sharing Corporate Membership Information Sessions
Union Gateway Bridge Opens
Denver Parking Meters Get a New Look
Colfax Streetcar Feasibility Study Community Meeting March 18th
Feds put $424 million into FasTracks, Union Station
FasTracks Funding Gap Widens
RTD Connecting Communities 2009 Video
Downtown Denver Connector Newsletter
Denver Bike Sharing Corporate Membership Information Sessions
March 10 - March 16 - March 24 - March 29
Corporate Memberships for the Denver Bike Sharing program are now available. Come to one of four information sessions in March to learn more about this affordable program that can offer great benefits for your employees, help them improve their health and give them more options to get around town. Click here to learn more about dates and locations.
Union Gateway Bridge Opens
The pedestrian bridge at 18th Street in the Central Platte Valley – the Union Gateway Bridge -- will officially open on Friday, March 5, providing a second connecting point to Riverfront Park and Commons Park from Union Station and Lower Downtown. The bridge is a 170-foot long span with a copper-clad elevator tower at each end. It was financed by the Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District through mill levies on Central Platte Valley property owners east of the Consolidated Main Line (CML). Click here to read the story about the new bridge in the Denver Business Journal.
Denver Parking Meters Get a New Look
February 18, 2010, The Denver Post
Denver's parking landscape will change a bit over the next few months as solar-powered "Smart Meters" with a variety of payment options replace traditional parking meters and CashKey debit cards. The city began replacing meters on Wednesday and will install 4,500 Smart Meters, about 85 percent of the city's total, by May. Visit http://parksmartdenver.com/ to learn more about the program or click on The Denver post link to read the full article.
Colfax Streetcar Feasibility Study Community Meeting March 18th
March 18th - 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Molly Blank Conference Room, National Jewish Hospital
Save the Date
The City and County of Denver is working to assess the technical and economic feasibility of developing a streetcar line along the Colfax Corridor. The primary purpose of this study is to identify how streetcar in the Colfax corridor would affect transit ridership, types of transit riders, reliance on private automobile trips, traffic operations, adjacent property values, and new economic investment. The initial study area is bounded by I-25 on the West, Syracuse Street on the East, 12th Avenue on the South, and 19th Avenue on the North.
Feds put $424 million into FasTracks, Union Station
February 6, 2010, The Denver Post
The announcement of a $304 million federal loan Friday gave the green light to the redevelopment of Union Station as a major Front Range transportation hub. After at least six years of planning, the loan, guaranteed by the city and county of Denver, will let the $480 million project begin. "Union Station is going to happen," said a gleeful Phil Washington, newly appointed general manager of the Regional Transportation District. "All the funding is now in place."
FasTracks Funding Gap Widens
January 6, 2010, The Denver Post
RTD now says it will cost $6.7 billion to build all of FasTracks, but without a doubling of the existing tax this year, the agency will be short about $2.5 billion in revenues needed to complete the massive transit expansion by 2017.
RTD Connecting Communities 2009 Video
Five years into the FasTracks program and 2009 has been the most exciting year yet!
Downtown Denver Connector Newsletter
The Downtown Denver Partnership publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter focused on transportation updates and information. Topics covered include RTD service updates, bicycling tips, street closure notices, and much more. Sign up for the Connector today!