Please Take the 2010 Downtown Denver Commuter Survey!
Union Gateway Bridge Opens
Denver Parking Meters Get a New Look
Feds put $424 million into FasTracks, Union Station
FasTracks Funding Gap Widens
RTD Connecting Communities 2009 Video
Downtown Denver Connector Newsletter
Please Take the 2010 Downtown Denver Commuter Survey!
How do you get to your job in Downtown Denver? Does your company pay for your transit pass, a parking space, or neither? Are you aware of your transportation options? As part of our goal to make Downtown Denver a vibrant, enjoyable and sustainable place, the Downtown Denver Partnership is conducting this annual commuting survey to help us better understand how Downtown Denver employees are getting to work and what kind of transportation benefits their employers offer. The information we gather about employee commuting habits, employer transportation benefits, and overall awareness of transportation options helps us to identify and address important commuting issues.
The survey only takes a couple of minutes, and everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card to the Denver Pavilions.
Please click here to take the survey or visit this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DDP2010CommuterSurvey
Union Gateway Bridge Opens
The pedestrian bridge at 18th Street in the Central Platte Valley – the Union Gateway Bridge -- will officially open on Friday, March 5, providing a second connecting point to Riverfront Park and Commons Park from Union Station and Lower Downtown. The bridge is a 170-foot long span with a copper-clad elevator tower at each end. It was financed by the Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District through mill levies on Central Platte Valley property owners east of the Consolidated Main Line (CML). Click here to read the story about the new bridge in the Denver Business Journal.
Denver Parking Meters Get a New Look
February 18, 2010, The Denver Post
Denver's parking landscape will change a bit over the next few months as solar-powered "Smart Meters" with a variety of payment options replace traditional parking meters and CashKey debit cards. The city began replacing meters on Wednesday and will install 4,500 Smart Meters, about 85 percent of the city's total, by May. Visit http://parksmartdenver.com/ to learn more about the program or click on The Denver post link to read the full article.
Feds put $424 million into FasTracks, Union Station
February 6, 2010, The Denver Post
The announcement of a $304 million federal loan Friday gave the green light to the redevelopment of Union Station as a major Front Range transportation hub. After at least six years of planning, the loan, guaranteed by the city and county of Denver, will let the $480 million project begin. "Union Station is going to happen," said a gleeful Phil Washington, newly appointed general manager of the Regional Transportation District. "All the funding is now in place."
FasTracks Funding Gap Widens
January 6, 2010, The Denver Post
RTD now says it will cost $6.7 billion to build all of FasTracks, but without a doubling of the existing tax this year, the agency will be short about $2.5 billion in revenues needed to complete the massive transit expansion by 2017.
RTD Connecting Communities 2009 Video
Five years into the FasTracks program and 2009 has been the most exciting year yet!
Downtown Denver Connector Newsletter
The Downtown Denver Partnership publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter focused on transportation updates and information. Topics covered include RTD service updates, bicycling tips, street closure notices, and much more. Sign up for the Connector today!