In case you haven’t been following it, the Denver Post published a recent column that was critical of the planned FasTracks investments:
Can FasTracks Be Saved: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13573154?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com.
Just to offer a different perspective, here are two critiques that I think well articulate some of the deficiencies in the Denver Post column:
Don’t Throw FasTracks Under the Bus: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rosenthal/dont-throw-fastracks-unde_b_332455.html; and,
Spense Havlick [...]

I am pleased to report that, due to some unanticipated additional revenue for 2010, the RTD Board voted to preserve most of the service that was slated for cuts in January.  This includes the initial proposal to reduce service frequencies along Route 205, Route 228, and the Stampede.  The only remaining service efficiencies the Board approved [...]

Today, in a unanimous vote, the RTD Board accepted the recommendations of the Pass Program Committee (a.k.a. The Eco Pass Committee) . . . officially ending the moratorium on the Neighborhood Eco Pass program.
Of course, termination of the Neighborhood Eco Pass program moratorium was just one facet of the Committee’s comprehensive recommendations concerning a future pricing framework for the [...]

As I believe I have explained before, I have been serving on RTD’s General Manager Transition and Executive Search (GM) Committee.  The GM Committee has been meeting almost weekly since Cal Marsella first announced his departure and has had a full agenda of activity. 
The most significant task we have completed was the appointment of Phil Washington to [...]

While most of the recent news regarding FasTracks has been dreary . . . it is important to remember that the program still marches along, bringing transit benefits and economic activity to the region.
Click the link below to access a video update on all the current construction activity associated with FasTracks.  It is an impressive story that [...]

A local CU student, Zach Shapiro, has developed an iPhone application that lets you know when the next bus is scheduled to arrive.  I met Zach at the recent hearings concering RTD service adjustments and was very impressed with this tool.
You read about this iPhone application, RTD Mobile Bus Times, in the Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13200485?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#.  Zach provides [...]

As some of you may have already heard, RTD is proposing significant changes for some bus routes in Boulder County.  You can access information on all of the proposed changes at the following link: http://www.rtd-denver.com/ServiceChanges.shtml.  
The Camera has done a very good job covering the discussions around these proposed service changes.  You can access their stories at the following links:
http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13475356?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com
http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13494759?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com
As [...]