Meeting Display Boards

Below you will find display boards from the Gold Line EIS public workshops.  Most of these files are PDF files and will require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Please be aware that some of these files are large and may take a few moments to download.

Gold Line Public Hearing (August 6 and 7, 2008)

• What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
• Gold Line EIS Schedule
• Finalized Purpose and Need Statement
• Tips for Submitting Effective Comments
• Opportunities to Submit DEIS Comments
• Gold Line Preferred Alternative Alignment Map
• Visual Simulation near the South Platte River
• Visual Simulation of the 38th Avenue Overpass
• 38th Avenue Station - Railroad Option
• 38th Avenue Station - 39th Avenue East Option
• 38th Avenue Station - 41st Avenue East Option
• Visual Simulation of the 38th Avenue Station
• Pecos East Station Option
• Pecos West Station Option
• Federal Station
• Sheridan Station
• Visual Simulation near the Jim Baker Reservoir
• Visual Simulation near Grandview
• Olde Town Arvada Station
• Visual Simulation in Olde Town
• Arvada Ridge Station
• Visual Simulation through Wheat Ridge
• Ward Road Station
• Typical Commuter Rail Cross Sections
• Property Acquisition Process

Refinements to the Gold Line Preferred Alternative: Public Workshop #6 (March 4 and 6, 2008)

• Gold Line Public Workshop #6 Goals
• Preferred Alternative Refinement Process
• Preferred Alternative Refinement Schedule
• Map of Preferred Alternative Refinement Options
• Preliminary Environmental Analysis of Refinement Options
• Preliminary Cost and Right of Way Analysis of Refinement Options
• Gold Line EIS Schedule

Preliminary Environmental Analysis: Public Workshop #5 (October 23 and 24, 2007)

• Steps of Alternatives Analysis
• Map of Gold Line Alignment
  
• Evolution of a Transit Station
• Preliminary Rendering of 38th Avenue Station Footprint
  
• Preliminary Rendering of Pecos Station Footprint (East and West Options)
  
• Preliminary Rendering of Federal Station Footprint (East and West Options)
  
• Preliminary Rendering of Sheridan Station Footprint
  
• Preliminary Rendering of Olde Town Station (North Option)
• Preliminary Rendering of Olde Town Station (South Option)
• Preliminary Rendering of Olde Town Station Footprint (West Option)
• Preliminary Rendering of Arvada Ridge Station Footprint
  
• Preliminary Rendering of Ward Road Station Footprint
  
• Typical Commuter Rail Cross Section
• Map of Floodplain Analysis
• Park and Trail Impacts
• Typical Noise Levels Thermometer
• Typical Vibration Levels Thermometer
• Map of Areas With a Moderate Increase in Noise
  
• Map of Areas Requiring Noise Mitigation
• Map of Vibration Impact Areas
• Mitigating Noise with Quiet Zones
• Typical Noise and Vibration Mitigation Measures
• Map of 2030 Congested Roadways
• Map of Single-Track Segment and Analysis
  
• Map of Projected Property Acquisitions by Station
• Visual Impacts Analysis
  
• What is a Public Private Partnership?
• Decision Timeline for Gold Line Public Private Partnership

Selection of the Preferred Alternative: Public Workshop #4 (June 26 and 27, 2007)

• Gold Line Draft Environmental Impact Statement Schedule
• Steps of an Alternatives Analysis
• Finalized Purpose and Need Statement
• Recommendation #1: Remove Streetcar from Further Evaluation
• Recommendation #2: Select Commuter Rail-EMU as the Preferred Alternative
• Differences Between Commuter Rail-EMU and Streetcar Alternatives
• How We Optimized the Commuter Rail Alternative
• Process Considerations of Commuter Rail-EMU Alternative
• How We Optimized the Streetcar Alternative
• Key Performance Discriminators
• Key Environmental Discriminators
• Breakdown of Work Trips for Study Area Residents
• Typical Commuter Rail Cross Sections
• Will the bus system change with the Gold Line?
• Station Platforms and Parking Planning
• Historic District Evaluation Map
• Historic District Evaluation - Table
• Different Features of EMU vs. DMU
• Noise Basics of EMU and DMU
• Alternate Energy Sources and Commuter Rail
  

Detailed Evaluation of Alternatives: Public Workshop #3 (Feb. 5 and 7, 2007)

• Summary of the EIS Process, Evaluation levels 1-3
• What Criteria Drives the Level 3 Results?
• Recommendations from Level 3 Analysis
• Key Performance Discriminators
• Key Environmental Discriminators
• Cost Effectiveness
• Mobility Improvements
• Environmental Benefits
• Environmental Impacts
• Transit Supportive Land Use
• Will the bus system change with the Gold Line?
• Projected Commuter Rail Noise
• Modes of Access for Stations
• Station Activity - Daily Boardings by Station
• Typical Commuter Rail Cross Sections
• Typical Light Rail Cross Sections (1)
• Typical Light Rail Cross Sections (2)
• Typical Streetcar Cross Sections (1)
• Typical Streetcar Cross Sections (2)
• Center Platform Typical Cross Section  
  

Conceptual Screening of Alternatives: Public Workshop #2  (Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, 2006)

• Breakdown of Work Trips for Study Area Residents
• EIS Project Schedule
• Finalized Purpose and Need Statement
• Top Ten Issues for Public Comment During Scoping
• Steps of an Alternatives Analysis
• Level 1 and 2 Screening Alternatives Analysis Methodology
• Detailed Alternatives Analysis Methodology
• Level 1 Screening: Alternative 3 Series
• Level 1 Screening: Alternative 4 Series
• Level 1 Screening: Alternative 5 Series
• Level 1 Screening: Alternative 6 Series
• Level 1 Screening: Alternative 7 Series
• Level 1 Screening Results Summary
• Level 2 Screening: Alternatives Analysis Results Summary
• Level 2 Screening: Alternatives Analysis Results Summary, Part 2

Public Scoping Meetings (Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, 2006)

• Scoping Meeting PowerPoint Presentation (3 MB)
• What is an EIS?
• EIS Project Schedule
• Major Investment Study Highway/Bus/HOV Alternatives
• Major Investment Study LRT/Commuter Rail Alternatives
• Major Investment Study Locally Preferred Alternative
• Major Investment Study Finalist Alternatives
• Draft Purpose and Need Statement
• What is Alternatives Analysis?
• Alternatives Analysis Methodology: Levels 1-2
• Alternatives Analysis Methodology: Level 3
• Alternatives Analysis Methodology: Level 4
• Possible Draft EIS Alternatives
• Transit Technology Space Requirements
• Environmental Impacts to be Assessed
• Possible Draft EIS Alignment along the BNSF/UP
• Possible Arterial Draft EIS Alignments