FasTracks In the News

FasTracks line from downtown to Golden opens April 26
Denver Business Journal, Friday, April 12, 2013
RTD opens the 12.1-mile, $707 million "W" light-rail line from downtown Denver to Golden on April 26, and it's expected to be a game-changer in several ways.




RTD aims for local jobs for FasTracks project
The Denver Post, Tuesday, April 9, 2013
RTD and its partners - the Community College of Denver, the Urban League of Metropolitan Denver and Denver Transit Partners - declared the Workforce Initiative Now training program so far a qualified success.



Choo Choo! Denver's Union Station Hotel Scheduled For 2014 Arrival
HotelChatter (Conde Nast), Monday, April 8, 2013
Lots of new hotels are on their way to Denver (Renaissance, Aloft and a second Westin at Denver Int'l Airport), but perhaps the most exciting is a 112-room hotel opening in the city's iconic Union Station.



North-metro critics of FasTracks are becoming boosters
The Denver Post, Thursday, March 28, 2013
Some critics of the FasTracks mass transit project have suddenly become enthusiastic supporters of the $7 billion effort to link the metro area by rail and bus.




RTD and Lakewood prepare for West Rail Line debut
The Denver Post, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Light-rail trains are rolling through Lakewood, and officials with the Regional Transportation District said the frequency will only increase in the final weeks before the W Line opens to the public.



Forbes magazine praises emerging downtown Denver
The Denver Post, Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Denver has received high praise from Forbes magazine which includes Denver on its list of 15 U.S. cities with emerging downtowns.



After Decades of Sprawl, Density Comes to Denver
The Atlantic, Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Last week transportation officials in Denver made a trial run of the new West Rail Line - a 12-mile, $707 million light rail line expected to serve some 20,000 riders a day. The "W" line holds great promise for Denver's western corridor (except, perhaps, for too much emphasis on park-and-ride facilities), but it has even greater significance for the city at large. It's the first rail line to be finished of the massive "FasTracks" regional transit program that's set to reshape the entire metropolitan area.



Forbes magazine praises emerging downtown Denver
The Denver Post, Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Denver has received high praise from Forbes magazine which includes Denver on its list of 15 U.S. cities with emerging downtowns. The article is highlighted by a picture of development around Union Station.




RTD to conduct emergency drills for West Rail Line
The Denver Post, Friday, March 22, 2013
Golden emergency crews will conduct drills over the next two weekends to prepare for the opening of the West Rail Line on April 26.




Watch This: Take A Ride On Denver's New Light Rail Line
KUNC, Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The grand opening of the West Rail Line from Denver's Union Station to Golden is April 26th. Can't wait to take that first train? Then let's take a trip.



Urban Land Conservancy to build affordable housing on East rail line
The Denver Post, Monday, March 18, 2013
The Urban Land Conservancy has purchased 9.4 acres of land at Smith Road and Colorado Boulevard in northeast Park Hill to develop 156 permanently affordable apartments along the East rail line.





AURORA'S NEW RAIL YARN: After years of setbacks, stars align over I-225 FasTracks light rail line
Aurora Sentinel, Monday, March 18, 2013
This time last year, RTD Director Tom Tobiassen kept reassuring people the I-225 light-rail line would be built sometime soon. In reality, though, he wasn't so confident himself. On March 1, Aurora became one hole in the dirt closer to getting its own light-rail line, and Tobiassen can hardly believe how much has changed since last year.




Denver's Union Station makeover taking shape: slideshow
Denver Business Journal, Friday, March 15, 2013
Most of the work to create the country's most unique urban transportation and private development hub has been behind the scenes in recent years.




RTD's West Rail Line nets national award
The Denver Post, Monday, March 11, 2013
The soon-to-be opened West Rail Line project that will link downtown Denver with Jefferson County has already won a national award.




FasTracks rail line breaks ground
The Denver Business Journal, Friday, March 1, 2013
Construction of the FasTracks rail line along Interstate 225, between Parker Road and Smith Road near Interstate 70, broke ground Friday.




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