Lakewood's First Transit Oriented Housing

Lamar Station Crossing Open House

Friday,  January 10 from 3 to 5 pm

6150 W. 13th Avenue

Lakewood

Light Rail: W, east of Lamar Station

Also within walking distance of the 9.

This is the first official transit oriented housing development in Lakewood.

Now New Mexico is looking for comments on their rail plan

New Mexico is developing a state rail plan, and train riders there are concerned that they are being ignored. The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is saying that there is no demand for rail in New Mexico even though more than a million people rode the Rail Runner and the Southwest Chief is often full. We need to make our support for the Southwest Chief and the Rail Runner clear. Please send an email to Rail.Plan@state.nm.us before January 3, 2014.

You do not need to be a resident of New Mexico, you just need to ride the trains there.

You can read New Mexico's Rail Plan (PDF) online, but it is kind of a mess.

Public Meeting on the 15L

Route 15L Transit Priority Study
Wednesday, December 11, 6:30-7:30
RTD Administrative Offices, Basement
1600 Blake Street
Denver
Bus: 0, 10, 28, 32, 44, 120X, AF, B, L

RTD, the City and County of Denver, and the Colorado Department of Transportation together paid for a study of improvements to the route 15L. This is our opportunity to discover what they found.

Yes, this is the same time as the Citizen Advisory Committee. Theoretically, this is an open house so people don't have to come on time or stay for the whole thing. Director Natalie Menten has told me that she is going to go to this and then the CAC.

Ask Governors to Save the Southwest Chief

A citizen from Illinois has started a petition to maintain the Southwest Chief on its current route through Colorado, New Mexico, and Illinois. If the train is moved, Colorado will lose one of its two remaining interstate railways. Train riders would lose a connection to the Rail Runner in New Mexico along with connections to New Mexico's most visited cites.

Colorado is particular is behind other states in its support for both passenger and freight rail. Kansas is better about freight, we just need to get that support extended to passenger rail. New Mexico is sometimes good, sometimes bad in its support for rail.

How much would it cost to Colorado to save the Southwest Chief? Around 5 to 10% of what Boulder County's transportation budget. Colorado spends billions on our roads, mostly through city and county budgets. Every county and city in our state could save money through better support for rail.

Please click on the link and sign: Change.org Petition to Save the Southwest Chief

Thanks

FasTracks Citizen Advisory Committee Meeting

Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, December 11 at 6-8 pm
Stapleton Foundation
7350 E. 29th Avenue, Suite 300
Denver
Bus: 28, 73

The focus of this meeting will be the East Rail Line. Usually, there is a presentation and then people make comments or ask the committee questions. The Citizen Advisory Committee is a group of volunteers who advise RTD on the FasTracks system.