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03/23/10, INDenverTimes.com - Comment - An electric-powered heavy-rail commuter train heads south along the FasTracks North Metro Corridor in this ... 
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03/10/10, Brighton Standard Blade - Editorial - RTD committed to completing FasTracks North Metro Corridor Full Article

03/04/10, Gateway News - Noel Busck's guest editorial - See attached pdf for
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12/01/09 cbs4denver.com - RTD Celebrates Milestone For FasTracks. The Regional Transportation District celebrated a major milestone for the FasTracks program on Tuesday. ... Full Article

12/01/09 Denver Post RTD dismisses FasTrack findings from North Area Transportation Alliance report Full Article

12/1/09, 9NEWS.com -Concerns FasTracks' north line may be way off track DENVER - Tuesday, RTD will announce a $118 million investment in the FasTracks program for its north metro corridor. Full Article

11/30/09, Denver Post - FasTracks plans could fall short in north metro area, study finds Full Article

11/30/09, Daily Camera - North metro mayors concerned about FasTracks plan
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11/30/09, INDenverTimes.com - FasTracks North Metro study gets public hearings Full Article

10/18/09, Denver Post - Can FasTracks be saved? Full Article

10/14/09, Denver Post - Wrong way on FasTracks funds Full Article

10/13/09, Denver Post - FasTracks idea: Dedicate any tax increase to largely unfunded lines Full Article

10/12/09, Denver Post - Mayors: New tax vote solely for FasTracks have-nots
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10/12/09, Denver Business Journal - Deadline looms for mayors on FasTracks tax-vote decision Full Article Pending

7/15/09, Commerce City Sentinel Express - RTD picks up right of way for Commerce City/Boulder Fastracks leg Full Article

7/5/09, Denver Post - Money woes could derail FasTracks completion Full Article

7/5/09, Denver Post - Maintenance-site effort illustrates RTD woes Full Article

6/24/09, Denver Post - RTD seeks compromise with Owens Corning on land purchase Full Article

6/3/09, Denver Post - RTD board nixes Nov. tax election Full Article

3/25/09, Commerce City Sentinel Express - FasTracks looks for fast cash - Brighton remains tough sell for mass-transit project Full Article

3/18/09, Denver Post - Aurora mayor can build strong consensus from conflicting views Full Article

3/8/09, Denver Post - FasTracks is needed more now than ever Full Article

3/12/09, Denver Post - Doubling FasTracks sales tax gets nod Full Article

3/12/09, Denver Daily News - FasTracks tax backed Full Article

3/11/09, Aurora Sentinel - Tauer: Share burden of potential FasTracks cuts
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3/11/09, 7 News - Metro Mayors Agree On FasTracks Tax Hike Full Article

3/11/09, Denver Post - Mayors back Nov. FasTracks tax vote Full Article

11/06/08, Yourhub.com - Adams County cities unify against FasTracks option. Option 2 is not an option for cities in Adams County. Full Article

09/06/07, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel - Diesel vs.electric,input sought
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06/06/07, Northglenn Thornton Sentinel- Residents protest proposed FasTracks station, Northglenn Thornton Sentinel...Full Article

03/21/07 Rocky Mountain News - RTD using two-budget strategy for FasTracks program  - RTD is preparing two new budgets for FasTracks....Full Article

03/21/07 Rocky Mountain News - Commerce City sees FasTracks rail plans,  Residents get preview of North Metro corridor...Full Article

03/07/07 Rocky Mountain News - FasTracks tilt toward diesel to be assessed,
An RTD director believes the transit agency could save $200 million or more in its FasTracks program by using only diesel- powered commuter rail in four of...
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03/07/07 Denver Post - Fix in works on FasTracks rail holdup,  Senate Bill 219 would allow RTD to buy insurance that would limit the liability of BNSF and the Union Pacific Railroad on all FasTracks lines...Full Article

03/06/07 Rocky Mountain News - Sheridan Boulevard cuts delayed by RTD. One of the budget cuts RTD wants to make to the West Corridor FasTracks light-rail line got a five-week stay of execution Monday...Full Article

03/05/07 North Denver News - Garcia : (not so) Light Rail on Union Pacific corridor best,  -One of the most vital tools of any urban expansion is transportation, and since the passage of the FasTracks initiative in 2004, the earlier Gold Line...
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03/01/07 Rocky Mountain News - Northglenn to RTD: Don't stop.  A light-rail train pulls into the Englewood FasTracks station, which the city has made a keystone for the redevelopment of the former Cinderella City mall....Full Article

02/08/07 Rocky Mountain News - Taking aim at RTD. In addition, transit employment will surge over the next decade with the build-out of FasTracks, perhaps by 1500 more jobs. And while the light-rail work...Full Article

01/30/07 Denver Post - Gold Line streetcars possible after rail snag. The $463 million Gold Line is one of six new rail lines in the Regional Transportation District's $4.7 billion FasTracks expansion...Full Article

01/24/07 Your Hub Northglenn - Ward 1 newsletter asks for community involvement.  The topic of this meeting is FasTracks. I am going to try to get some representatives from the EIS team as well as RTD representatives there...Full Article

01/13/07 Rocky Mountain News - Costs haunt FasTracks.  RTD is falling behind on key studies required for FasTracks and also is trying to figure out whether the rapid transit system can be built the way it was ...Full Article

01/01/07 - FasTracks - Cuts Eyed, Rail Transit Online - Spiraling construction costs are forcing the Regional Transportation District to take a hard look at individual projects within the FastTracks rail transit expansion program, hoping to stay within budget. Full Article

12/20/06  Rocky Mountain News - FasTracks plans falling behind, often by years, Denver, CO, USA - Construction studies for the massive FasTracks transportation project are behind schedule as much as three years on one line and lagging on others, according ...Full Article

12/15/06 Commerce City Gateway News - RTD FasTracks Present Results of Transit Alternatives Screening -  Commerce City, CO, USA - Full Article

12/13/06 Denver Post - Freight rail urged for train line,  Denver, CO, USA - Officials studied other routes for the train, which will be built as part of RTD's FasTracks plan, but rejected them because they would cost two or three times...
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12/12/06 Rocky Mountain News -  Planners want heavy commuter trains, Denver, CO, USA - FasTracks planners say the only option that makes sense for rail transit from downtown through Adams County is to build heavy commuter rail on the existing...Full Article

12/06/06 Commerce City Sentinel-Express - FasTracks team reaches out for citizen input, Commerce City, CO, USA - The FasTracks North Metro Corridor team sought comments Nov. 29 at Adams City High School on the results of the first two levels of analysis for transit alternatives to area residents...Full Article

12/01/06 YourHub.com - Rail plan for the north concerns residents Full Article

11/28/06 Denver Post - Diesel rail likely for North Metro,  Denver, CO, USA -... in an existing freight corridor is the only train technology that likely would stay within RTD's $420 million budget for the north metro FasTracks rail line to ...Full Article