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10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - EcoPass rate proposal ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Thank you for posting! I thought I was the only one that noticed.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Erie plans to fill Pri... · 1 reply · +3 points

What is a 45 Story football field?

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 0 replies · +1 points

Denver is very walkable. You have car and bicycle sharing. Uber, Lyft, old taxis. the bus. Lots of options when you get to Downtown Denver. Plud during the weekdays we now have the Metro Ride to circulate to uptown area.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 1 reply · +1 points

Why? It is projected to be slower than the express bus was when FasTracks was voted on.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 0 replies · +11 points

We end up with Faux BRT. I could not agree more. THey had the chance to be truly innovative and offer a new and somewhat revolutionary product to the riders and they missed. Busses that run like trains in their own lanes with prepaid ticketing and no need to cross traffic would be a lot cheaper than trying to lease tracks rights from someone else.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 0 replies · 0 points

Seems like FasTracks had to include a shiny choo choo to get people to vote for it. Boulder did not need 2 transit solutions to Denver. The train was expected to average 30 MPH between Boulder and Denver. At the time of the FasTracks vote, the bus was averaging about 50 MPH.

The Bus between Boulder and Denver has always had decent ridership. RTD could have been very daring and build a true BRT system down the middle of 36 and been done with it years ago if it were not for the inclusion of the train.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 0 replies · +15 points

#3 is one of the reasons I voted against FasTracks. Why build 2 means of public transit between Denver and Boulder? I believe the train was included to get non-bus riders to vote. Who doesn't want to ride a train?

Another good reason to vote no on FasTracks (besides their projections being way far off, as we are now seeing become reality) was the fact that it built mass transit out into an area that did not have high transit utilzation to begin with. Denver - Boulder buses have a fairly high ridership. RTD could have served the existing customers first.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Editorial: The U.S. 36... · 2 replies · +1 points

Before the work, the accelleration lanes at every on-ramp in both directions were incredibly short which led to congestion as traffic did not have time to blend and get up to speed.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Wayne Bailey: RTD, tra... · 0 replies · +15 points

You voted for both. If you had paid attention to Jon Caldera, you would have know that the projections to use the BNSF right of way and track was wholly unrealistic and that the rail was duplicitous to an already well utilized Bus line.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - RTD solicits public co... · 1 reply · +6 points

What I hate about RTD and Fastracks is how the resources were spent first to deliver an expensive transit solution to an area where there are not a lot of transit users (Highlands Ranch / DTC). I have ridden the B for more than 20 years. The route always has decent ridership. From the outset, Fastracks should not have included a train and focused on improving the corridors where service was utilized. We should have had a real BRT system between Boulder and Denver years ago. Like a train, but without the expense of rails and high maintenence, in separated lanes.

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