Showing posts with label train stations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label train stations. Show all posts

12 September 2018

RTD only cares about getting people to stations

So RTD is hosting "pop-up events" at a small number of stations this month. Here the upcoming ones.

Wednesday, September 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Table Mesa Park-n-Ride
In front of Parking Garage
Boulder
Bus: 206, 236, DASH, AB, FF1, FF2, FF4, FF5

Tuesday, September 18, 11 am - 1 pm
Human Services Complex Adams County
11860 N. Pecos Street
Westminster
Bus: 120

Thursday, September 20, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Iliff Station, Platform
Aurora
Light Rail: H, R
131 is the closest bus

Prodigy Coffee
(for 40th & Colorado Station, about a 10 minute walk away)
3801 E. 40th Avenue
Denver
Commuter Train: A
Bus: 37, 40, 44

14 February 2014

Amtrak is moving back to Union Station soon!

It looks like the return will not be delayed this time.

The California Zephyr returns to Denver Union Station the evening of Friday, February 28. The temporary station will be closed permanently after the departure of the morning train, including the bathrooms. The main entrance will be closed, and it looks like the temporary path through the construction will lead to and from the direction of the 16th Street Mall. Please follow the signs. Buses that run to downtown from the west side stop about two blocks away on Wazee. From the east, the closest bus stops are on 15th at Wynkoop. Take the free Mall Shuttle from either the light rail or regional buses.

You will not be able to walk directly to intercity trains from light rail for another two or three months. Regional buses will not move to the bus box inbetween the two stations until May.

17 March 2012

Two Meetings on One Night

If you are interested in the future of transit options in Boulder County, there are two meetings that might interest you. Unfortunately, they are both on the same night, this coming Monday.

Plan Boulder County is hosting a forum to discuss whether the area should get rail, BRT, or a combination of the two. Other forms of bus service are not going to be discussed. Karen Benker, both a former RTD board member and a former member of Longmont's city council; Audrey De Barros, executive director of 36 Commuting Solutions; John Tayer, RTD board member, and Will Toor, Boulder County commissioner, will be panelists. The meeting is being held in a restaurant, so eating and drinking are encouraged.

Monday, March 19, 7pm
Shine
2027 13th Street, Boulder
Bus: SKIP
The restaurant is three blocks from the Boulder Transit Center.

There is also going to be a public meeting on the station plan for downtown Longmont. I am concerned that the plan has too much parking and I can't tell where the transit is going to go. I also don't see any walkability improvements. There are summaries of comments on the Longmont City website. Business owners seem to want a circular, and residents are concerned that there will be a "sea of parking".

Monday, March 19 at 6 pm, presentation at 7 pm
Longmont Library, Rooms A & B
409 4th Avenue, Longmont:
Buses: BOLT (Please note that all local buses will have stopped running by this time.)

I wonder if there are any plans to add evening bus service within Longmont so that transit dependent people can actually go to these meetings.