Meet the Candidates for RTD Board (some of them anyway)

Bus: Anything that stops downtown including the 0, 1, 6, 10, 15L, 20, 32, 44, 120X, B, L, AF

This event is being organized by the Transit Alliance. If you would like more information, you can contact the organization's director, Kathleen Osher at 303-919-4334 or at kosher@transitalliance.org. You can RSVP at http://rtdmeetandgreet.eventbrite.com/. That site also has a list of all the candidates for RTD board. Not all the candidates will be there, although I am hoping that there is a good showing as there are a few that I want to talk to.

The RSVP asks for job title and work info. I put in something that is not a job title under that entry, and I suggest doing the same for any information that you do not want to share.

I also want to say that the The Pour House has a nice atmosphere.

The RTD Candidates are Coming to My Neighborhood

Saturday, October 13 at 10 am
Clements Community Center, 2nd Floor
1580 Yarrow Street
Lakewood
Bus: 16, 16L
Also within walking distance of the 76 and twenty minutes walk from the 28 and the 100.
There will be snacks.

Both candidates, Matt Cohen and Natalie Menten, will be there. Matt Cohen thinks we should have better buses, but won't do much to actually make things happen. Natalie Menten is upset with how RTD acquired property for the West Rail line. It will be interesting to see if she has any ideas about actually operating the system.

This shows why rail is built on existing right of way whenever possible. Most of the land that RTD acquired for the West Line were slivers of off existing parcels, Most large sections of land that RTD took over were for the station areas rather than for the rail itself. If RTD had had to get all of the property needed to build a whole new line, they would have had to use eminent domain a lot more, and created a lot more ill will.

Part of the reason that the Gold and DIA lines are next is because they are being built on existing right of way. Part of the reason that the I-225 project is being combined with a highway widening project is because RTD perceives the highway people at being better using eminent domain to get the needed land.

It also shows that we need to get more people involved in the process. We need better candidates for RTD board.

Register to Vote and Support Transit

RALLY!
Tuesday, October 2 at noon
Market Street Station Plaza (I assume that this is the area between the main doors and the mall shuttle.)
Denver
Bus: Mall Shuttle

Besides a rally to support bus and train riders, there will be an opportunity to register to vote, and to learn about candidates who support transit. The later is something that I am interested in, as I am only aware of one or two candidates who genuinely support transit, and none of those actually put any effort into it.

We should all thank the Amalgamated Transit Union for organizing this rally.