News Articles

8/22/08, Daily Camera - FasTracks program pleads with public - High costs force planners to consider other revenue sources Full Article

8/22/08, Denver Post - FasTracks fund gap may mean train in vain - FasTracks could have to push completion on some lines to 2034. Full Article

8/21/08, Denver Post - FasTracks price tag jumps - Meeting 2017 deadline vowed to voters now expected to cost $7.9 billion, up $1.8 million. Full Article

8/19/08, the Bond buyer Southwest Rail Agencies May Look to P3s - A convergence of economic and social trends is driving cities in the Southwest to rail as an alternative to cars and planes... Full Article

8/13/08, Aurora Sentinel - City: RTD's funding woes won't stand in the way of FasTracks work - AURORA | City staff and representatives from the FasTracks project say budget woes at the Regional Transportation District won't derail the planning process for new stretches of rail in the city. Full Article

7/23/08, Rocky Mountain News Editorial - It's time to face the hard choices. Full Editorial

4/9/08, Aurora Sentinel - Building around the stop - The city's new stretch of light rail may be surrounded by high-rise apartments, pedestrian-friendly plazas and other mixed use developments, according to planning officials. Full Article

4/3/08, Aurora Sentinel - Development plans detailed for light rail areas - The city's new stretch of light rail may be surrounded by high rise apartments pedestrian-friendly plazas and other mixed use developments according to planning officials.
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4/2/08, Aurora Sentinel - The Voice of Aurora: Light rail sans parking is the fastracks to disaster - As transportation officials have begun the long laborious process of planning the long awaited light rail and Interstate 225 corridor two issues have crept into discussion that require immediate attention. Full article [PDF]

4/2/08, Aurora Sentinel - Project 225 points to widening of I225 by 2010 sets study timelines - The city planning department has mapped the major
I225 construction projects for the next five years pointing to light rail construction lane widening and neighborhood development as the most significant updates to the Aurora corridor. Full article [PDF]

4/2/08, Aurora Sentinel - Development plans detailed for light rail areas- The city's new stretch of light rail may be surrounded by high rise apartments pedestrian-friendly plazas and other mixed use developments
according to planning officials. Full article [PDF]

03/26/08, Aurora Sentinel - The Voice of Aurora: Bill is thinly veiled swipe at slowing RTD progress - Keeping FasTracks on the fast track is a tough job not made any easier by hampering legislation like House Bill 1278. Full Article

3/19/08, Aurora Sentinel - Heavy demand for light rail parking - On a
typical weekday morning parking spaces are a rare commodity at the Nine
Mile Park-n-Ride Full Article [PDF]

3/19/08, The Denver Post - Opinion - Two "smart" projects involving the Environmental Protection Agency one focused on smart growth and the other on smart energy use are helping to design a brighter future for Colorado and the Front Range. Full Article [PDF]

03/19/08, Aurora Sentinel - Other Voices: Stop the profitable RTD in its tracks- Colorado's taxpayers are beginning to take note of a recent abuse of our Constitution: eminent domain law. Simply put, the Fifth Amendment gives our government the right to compensate private property owners if their land must be seized for a public works project. Full Article

12/17/07, Aurora Sentinel - Parking worries exist for future light rail stations - There aren't enough parking spaces planned for the city's future light rail stations, members of city council said Monday night, Dec. 17. Full Article

11/14/07, Aurora Sentinel - Is Wal-Mart really the top draw for this land? - In the center of the city, prairie dogs are the only inhabitants of a large plot of land that some local leaders are hoping to transform into Aurora's new downtown. Full Article

11/8/07, Rocky Mountain News - The last new FasTracks corridor to get under way, the $619 million Interstate 225 light-rail line, kicked off its environmental study far behind schedule Wednesday but with a strategy for catching up. Full article [PDF]

10/31/07, Aurora Sentinel - Light Rail won't glide through Aurora until
2015, but RTD wants to hear residents' concerns and suggestions abut
the new transportation system this month. Full article [PDF]

6/21/2007, Aurora Sentinel - Developers balk at light rail talks - Local lawmakers halted plans June 21 to study the development of land that will one day surround an important light rail station, after developers complained about the city's hands-on approach. Full Article