Winter Service Change Meetings

The public meetings for the January service changes are here, spread out over the next week.

It looks like there are going to be more service improvements than cuts, although it looks like the light rail is going to be cut in Five Points. I am worried that the Five Points light rail line is being undercut to bring in a streetcar, or even worse, pretend to bring in a streetcar. Not that I have anything against streetcars. Streetcars can be wonderful. But if we cannot fully support what we have now, we are not going to fully support a streetcar.

So here are the meeting times and places:

Thursday, September 27 at 6 pm
Adams City High School, Community Room
7200 Quebec Parkway
Commerce City
Bus: The 48 is a five to ten minute walk away. Maybe someone should suggest that it is not safe to make students walk across several lanes of traffic to take the bus.

Thursday, September 27 at 7 pm
Central Park Recreation Center, Room A
9651 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Denver
Bus: None?

Thursday, September 27 at 7 pm
Lafayette Recreation Center
111 W. Baseline Road
Lafayette
Bus: JUMP (The last bus going to Boulder runs at 9:13 and the buses from this stop do not run to or from Erie.)
L (Route between Longmont and Lafayette only. The last bus leaves a little after 9:06.)
The 225 will get you here, but not back. And the DASH does not serve this stop, no matter what Google Maps says.


Monday, October 1 at 4:30 pm
Longmont Senior Center
910 Longs Peak Drive
Longmont
Bus: 326, 327 (Last buses leave between 6:15 and 6:30.)
Within walking distance of the L and the BOLT.


Friday, October 5 at noon and 6 pm
RTD Administrative Offices
1600 Blake Street, Rooms T&D
Denver
Bus: 0, 1, 6, 10, 15L, 20, 44, 120X, B, AF
Noon Meeting only: 9, 28, 32

Friday, October 5 at 6 pm
Glenarm Recreation Center
2800 Glenarm Place
Denver
Bus: 12, 28
Glenarm Recreation Center is within walking distance of the light rail stop that RTD wants to cut. RTD wants to cut this stop because the City of Denver runs the lights to prioritize cars over people walking, biking, taking the bus, and taking the light rail. It is ten times more expensive to subsidize cars in a dense urban area than in a rural area, so the timing of the traffic lights near downtown Denver supports cars over paying teachers or providing basic health care.