FasTracks Program Articles

10/18/09, Denver Post - Can FasTracks be saved? Full Article

10/14/09, Aurora Sentinel- RTD unready to sign off on Tauer's FasTracks proposal
Full Article

10/14/09, Denver Post - Wrong way on FasTracks funds Full Article

10/13/09, Denver Post - FasTracks idea: Dedicate any tax increase to largely unfunded lines Full Article

10/12/09, Aurora Sentinel - Editorial: RTD vote should fund all of FasTracks
Full Article

10/12/09, Denver Business Journal - Deadline looms for mayors on FasTracks tax-vote decision Full Article

10/12/09, Denver Post - Mayors: New tax vote solely for FasTracks have-nots
Full Article

9/17/09, Aurora Sentinel - Editorial: RTD board plans for failure would be a new insult to Aurora Full Article

8/20/09, Aurora Sentinel - Editorial: Timing is everything on FasTracks vote
Full Article

6/4/09, Aurora Sentinel - Editorial: Why wait to seek FasTrack funds? Full Article

3/18/09, Denver Post - Aurora mayor can build strong consensus from
conflicting views Full Article

3/12/09, Denver Post - Doubling FasTracks sales tax gets nod Full Article

3/12/09, Denver Daily News - FasTracks tax backed Full Article

3/11/09, Aurora Sentinel - Tauer: Share burden of potential FasTracks cuts
Full Article

3/11/09, 7 News - Metro Mayors Agree On FasTracks Tax Hike Full Article

3/11/09, Denver Post - Mayors back Nov. FasTracks tax vote Full Article

3/8/09, Denver Post - FasTracks is needed more now than ever Full Article

2/10/09, Denver Post - Mayors: Limits needed for FasTracks tax fix
Full Article

2/09/09, Rocky Mountain News - RTD sees December sales tax slide
Full Article

2/05/09, Aurora Sentinel - Perry: Overdue light rail needs a New Deal
Full Article

1/26/09, Triangle Business Journal - RTD survey: 63% support tax hike to finish FasTracks in 8 years. Full Article

1/26/09, The Denver Post - Poll finds support for FasTracks tax hike.
Full Article

1/21/09, Aurora Sentinel - Editorial: Barring bailout, let's fix FasTracks -
Full Editorial

1/12/09, Rocky Mountain News - Good news: FasTracks costs headed down. -
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12/19/08, Denver Business Journal - FasTracks' progress remains in question.
Full Article

12/1/08, Rocky Mountain News - Mayors, RTD grapple with FasTracks budget woes. Full Article

11/30/08, Aurora Sentinel - Major RTD transfer station on track for completion.
Full Article

11/25/08, The Denver Post - RTD hoping new year brings new funds for rails.
Full Article

11/24/08, The Denver Post - Happy rails in RTD's future? - The economy is cause for worry, but it could drop construction costs. Full Article

11/19/08, Rocky Mountain News - RTD adopts record $1.35 billion budget.
Full Article

11/12/08, Rocky Mountain News - RTD offers options for FasTracks build-out.
Full Article

11/11/08, The Denver Post - RTD's winners, losers - Board weighs FasTracks options. Full Article

11/06/08, Rocky Mountain News - FasTracks' tax gets caution flag - Voters' frugality prompts new RTD board members to rethink asking for budget bailout.
Full Article

11/06/08, Rocky Mountain News - RTD's freshman class. Full Article

11/05/08, Rocky Mountain News - No big changes expected from RTD board.
Full Article

11/03/08, Rocky Mountain News - A lesson for RTD? - Tax-resistant voters should give the district pause. Full Article

10/30/08, Rocky Mountain News - Jolted by FasTracks cost estimates, Aurora plans own I-225 evaluation. Full Article

10/27/08, Aurora Sentinel - Council: Transit areas must survive sans rail. 
Full article

10/08/08, Aurora Sentinel - RTD scales back - Representatives offers alternatives for local leg of FasTracks.  Full Article

10/07/08, Denver Post - Hoping to make a track team - 3 groups eye RTD.
Full Article

10/07/08, Denver Post - Vying to guide FasTracks' path - Candidates differ on rail's timetable and funding. Three of the four incumbents have no opponents. Full Article

9/25/08, Rocky Mountain News - FasTracks gets feedback - Most at hearing back tax hike to complete project. Full Article

9/25/08, Rocky Mountain News - RTD would face hurdles on FasTracks tax increase - RTD can't ask voters for a second FasTracks tax increase without going to the legislature for permission, and gatekeepers there say a lot of questions have to be answered before any decision would be made. Full Article

9/24/08, Denver Post - FasTracks options: Pay more or get less, board is told - To raise the full $7.9 billion needed to build all FasTracks rail lines by 2017, RTD would need to tack between 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points more to the 1 percent sales-and-use tax it already collects in metro Denver. Full Article

9/18/08, ProgressiveRailroading.com - Denver RTD considers ways to handle skyrocketing FasTracks costs - During the next month, the Regional Transportation District of Denver (RTD) will host a series of pubic meetings to gather input on options for advancing the FasTracks expansion program. Full Article

9/17/08, YourHub.com - RTD reaches out to public for feedback on FasTrack - The Regional Transportation District (RTD) will host a series of public meetings in each of the 15 RTD districts to get public input on the options for moving forward with the agency's FasTracks transit expansion program. Full Article

9/8/08, Rocky Mountain News - Candidates vie to shape FasTracks - Seventeen people run for eight seats; all support project. Full Article

9/6/08, Rocky Mountain News - Head-in-sand metro cities - Don't confuse them with RTD facts. Full Editorial

9/3/08, Rocky Mountain News - Half of FasTracks soaring cost tied to North Metro, DIA lines - Two of FasTracks' 10 transit corridors now exceed $1 billion each in cost and together account for half of the spiraling price increase from $4.7 billion to $7.9 billion over the past four years, according to figures released by RTD on Tuesday. Full Article

9/3/08, Aurora Sentinel - RTD ponders FasTracks options - Rush-hour riders may be among the few commuters spared from the negative effects of cutbacks and delays to the Regional Transportation District's FasTracks program. Full Article

9/2/08, Denver Post - Rail-service cuts floated for overruns - RTD says some lines could see just rush-hour service to cover deficit. Full Article

8/22/08, Denver Post - FasTracks fund gap may mean train in vain - FasTracks could have to push completion on some lines to 2034. Full Article

8/21/08, Denver Post - FasTracks price tag jumps - Meeting 2017 deadline vowed to voters now expected to cost $7.9 billion, up $1.8 million. Full Article

8/19/08, The Bond buyer Southwest Rail Agencies May Look to P3s - A convergence of economic and social trends is driving cities in the Southwest to rail as an alternative to cars and planes... Full Article

8/13/08, Aurora Sentinel - City: RTD's funding woes won't stand in the way of FasTracks work - AURORA | City staff and representatives from the FasTracks project say budget woes at the Regional Transportation District won't derail the planning process for new stretches of rail in the city. Full Article [PDF]

7/23/08, Rocky Mountain News Editorial - It's time to face the hard choices.
Full Editorial

03/26/08, Aurora Sentinel - The Voice of Aurora: Bill is thinly veiled swipe at slowing RTD progress - Keeping FasTracks on the fast track is a tough job not made any easier by hampering legislation like House Bill 1278. Full Article [PDF]

03/19/08, Aurora Sentinel- Other Voices: Stop the profitable RTD in its tracks- Colorado's taxpayers are beginning to take note of a recent abuse of our Constitution: eminent domain law. Simply put, the Fifth Amendment gives our government the right to compensate private property owners if their land must be seized for a public works project. Full Article [PDF]

3/19/08, The Denver Post - Opinion - Two "smart" projects involving the Environmental Protection Agency one focused on smart growth and the other on smart energy use are helping to design a brighter future for Colorado and the Front Range. Full Article [PDF]