I guess some management at RTD doesn't want many riders

[Duman]

Tosser

Well played....a fan of BBC?

[ben4372]

Funny. I saw an actual transit police Ford Explorer. The guy has a gun and badge. Way more imposing than the security guards in the Dodge Nitro. Either way public transit it a huge money suck.

[Eric P]

London transport was great in February. I didn't need a car at all. All the trains had internet, even out in the country. They need a train from Pueblo to DIA. Parking and driving sucks here.

That is a horrible idea. Rail is dead in Colorado. They cant even break even on bustang. Rail requires fix infrastructure, fixed routes, fixed schedules, skilled engineers. Busses need simple drivers, can go anywhere cars can, schedules can match demand and change on the fly.

Soon, robo busses will be on the roads. Far cheaper and more flexible to utilize bus on shoulder on the interstates and highways we already have.

[AirbornePathogen]

That board member is a wing nut, she's always the one to put forth crazy shit like this.

And the resolution went just where I expected- nowhere. Died in committee at the board meeting, with zero support except from her.

[20X11]

RTD has been systematically cutting service to areas for years. Used to be able to take a bus from SE Aurora to the tech center. Then they stopped going further east than Arapahoe and Parker Road. Other routes have been cut/truncated/schedules reduced. Cost savings? More like revenue reduction. If you have a smaller, less convenient transit system you end up with less revenue. Ancillary trips on the system disappear if you can't serve people near their homes.

[.455_Hunter]

That board member is a wing nut, she's always the one to put forth crazy shit like this.

And the resolution went just where I expected- nowhere. Died in committee at the board meeting, with zero support except from her.

You never know.

I would have thought the concept of removing SROs from Denver Public Schools would died a similar death, but no- approved wholeheartedly.

[JTP80]

With the way the rail system is set up, they might have more riders, but less people paying their fares since enforcement will be heavily affected.

[BladesNBarrels]

I had a vision of a high-speed train like Japan.
Running from Pueblo to Cheyenne.
250 mph with stops in CO Springs, Denver, Ft. Collins, Cheyenne.
Then on TV, I saw the protestors blocking the interstate highway.
It’s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen…
Oh, the humanity and all the passengers…
End of the dream once again

[ray1970]

I had a vision of a high-speed train like Japan.
Running from Pueblo to Cheyenne.
250 mph with stops in CO Springs, Denver, Ft. Collins, Cheyenne.
Then on TV, I saw the protestors blocking the interstate highway.
It?s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen?
Oh, the humanity and all the passengers?
End of the dream once again

Heck. I?d just be impressed if they could actually get the light rail in service between Thornton and Denver. It?s taking them forever and a day and that?s only about fifteen miles. At that pace they could probably do Cheyenne to Pueblo by the year 2121.

[BushMasterBoy]

Just get the rail and power from Pueblo. We are getting a new steel mill that makes rail and solar power array. Pollution in Denver chokes me to death. London started their underground trains in 1863...

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.co...eblo-colorado/