Archive for May, 2007

Staff has proposed some adjustements in the BOLT service.  As the attached article indicates, they plan to maintain high frequency service during peak commute hours, but significanlty cut-back on off-peak frequencies:
 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/may/17/longmont-cutbacks-rtd-may-cut-bolt-service/
Very clearly, as Chris Jones from the City notes, the service reductions will impact riders who travel on the BOLT route during off-peak periods.  There also is [...]

The May 19 RTD Board retreat is fast approaching . . . and it really is setting-up to be quite a seminal moment for the FasTracks program:
John Tayer, Boulder’s relatively new representative on the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors, will need his calculator this weekend to reevaluate projected costs of the FasTracks mass transit [...]

DUS is a critical link in the FasTracks transit network, serving as the main junction for RTD’s regional commuter rail, light rail and bus lines. It is very important for these connections to work effectively and efficiently in order to accommodate transfers between these transit services. At the same time, Denver has an interest in [...]

In the past few week, concern has been raised regarding the financial viability of the FasTracks funding model. This is due to duel staff reports detailing rising construction costs and lower than anticipated sales tax revenues. These concerns were heightened by a report in the Denver Post which indicated that a very preliminary staff analysis [...]

The project team for the BRT line is currently preparing the final Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). This DEIS is scheduled to be available by mid-May for public and agency review, including public hearings that will begin in June. Other key milestones for this project are anticipated completion of the final environmental review by mid-2008, [...]

Staff is currently making minor revisions to the proposed Scope of Work for this rail line’s Environmental Assessment (EA). It is projected that the EA, which RTD is conducting in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, will be completed in early 2008. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2011 with operations beginning in 2014. [...]


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