Sharp Turns and the RTD Burns - Denver Part 2: Episode 87

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Today, we're returning to Denver to talk about FasTracks, the city's ill-fated plan to revolutionize the way people get around the Front Range. All this, after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: WMATA Seeks Vendors to Provide Platform Screen Door Designs
  2. [2] The Denver Post: RTD Timeline: 50 years of the Regional Transportation District
  3. [3] Wikipedia: FasTracks § Gold Line (commuter rail)
  4. [4] The Denver Post: Managers: RTD should move I-225 line north of Fitzsimons campus
  5. [5] NPR: Ghost Train
  6. [6] Wikipedia: Regional Transportation District
  7. [7] Denverite: Why don't RTD's trains go into Denver's neighborhoods?
  8. [8] The Denver Post: RTD's light rail service cuts for construction could lose riders
  9. [9] CPR News: RTD proposes massive overhaul: Fewer suburban buses, more service where riders remained during the pandemic
  10. [10] 5280: Denver's Regional Transportation District Is In Crisis—What Went Wrong?
  11. [11] Commuting Solutions: RTD FasTracks
  12. [12] The Denver Post: Denver is being transformed by FasTracks, 10 years after key vote
  13. [13] Colorado Newsline: RTD betrayed taxpayers on FasTracks
  14. [14] Wikipedia: Denver Union Station
  15. [15] Wikipedia: W Line (RTD)
  16. [16] Fern Hahn: Denver area transit map