25 February 2010

Northwest Rail Public Meetings

There are going to be three public meetings about the draft Northwest Rail plans. This is the commuter rail line that is proposed to connect downtown Denver to Longmont, with stops in north Denver, Westminster, Flatiron/Broomfield, Louisville, and two stops in Boulder.

All meetings will have an open house that will be ongoing throughout the meeting and two presentations followed by question and answer sessions at 6:30 and 7:30. (How they are going to fit the Q&A sessions into less than an hour, I don't know. They will probably ignore everyone they don't agree with, as they usually do.)

Thursday, March 11
Longmont at the Civic Center at 350 Kimbark Street
The Civic Center is one block east from Main Street.
Regional buses J,L, and Bolt run down Main Street. Get off at the bus stop near the wear the road widens near the Used Book Emporium. Local bus 323 also serves this stop.
Local buses 326 and 327 also run close by.

Wednesday, March 17
Louisville at Louisville Middle School at 1341 Main Street.
This is near the intersection of Main Street and South Boulder Road.
There is a DASH stop in front of the school. It is also possible to walk to the school from the final stops of the 228 and Lynx buses by walking north along Main Street.

Thursday, March 18
North Denver at Hodgkins Elementary, 3475 W. 67th Avenue
The meeting is in Denver near the border with Westminster, so this is the meeting for Adams County folks.
Both the 31 and 72 buses stop nearish to this meeting. The closest stop on the 72's route is near W. 68th and Lowell. Walk east on 68th to get to the school. The closest stop via the 31 is between 66th and 67th. Walk west on 67th. The entrance to the school may be on Irvine, based on the google map on the area.

The draft Environmental Evaluation for the Northwest Corridor is being released tomorrow. It will be available at libraries in the northwest metro area and online through the FasTracks website.

I hope a lot of people go. I especially hope that people ask to have the stops be accessible to walkers, bikers, and bus riders. Sometimes it seems that FasTracks is being oriented to car owners who occasionally take the bus.

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