Denver’s Transit Data Dive -Part 1: RTD’s financial check engine light has been blinking for a while now

Shoot it to me straight doc, how bad is it?... Looking through the numbers, Metro-Denver's RTD financial sheet could be mistaken for Frankenstein's monster: routes go to places where density doesn't exist, the majority of people who pay for the system don't ride it, and the primary funding comes from a sales tax which is … Continue reading Denver’s Transit Data Dive -Part 1: RTD’s financial check engine light has been blinking for a while now →

What is Denver’s Colfax BRT and what happened to the modern streetcar plans?

Current Plan (Nov 2018): Colfax BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) ETA: 2019, 2021+ Where: On Colfax from I-25/Auraria campus (CU Denver, Metro State, Comm. Col. of Denver) to the CU Anschutz medical campus/ I-225. What started as a feasibility study of reimplementing the historic streetcar route from 1887 (thanks Ryan Keeney!), this one has been in the … Continue reading What is Denver’s Colfax BRT and what happened to the modern streetcar plans? →