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8/27/2021
The Regional Transportation District of Denver's (RTD) board this week agreed to study the implementation of a peak service rail schedule for Denver's northwest communities and backed the majority of 43 recommendations forwarded by an independent accountability committee.
By a 12-3 vote, board members sided with the notion that taxpayers in those northern communities have contributed tax dollars to the ongoing buildout of the FasTracks plan approved in 2004, and that RTD is obligated to explore whether limited service on the existing rail corridor will attract enough riders to the concept. The peak service schedule calls for three trains during both the morning and afternoon commute.
Board members in the majority suggested that the $8 million investment honors the FasTracks promise made to voters 17 years ago and places RTD in a better position for possible collaboration with the backers of Front Range Passenger Rail (FRPR), agency officials said in a news release.
The FRPR might be a “moonshot” idea that could solve the problem that the possible extension of the B Line to the northwest would fix, they said.
“We did make a promise to the northwest region,” said RTD Chair Angie Rivera-Malpiede. “I think it is exciting. We may have some amazing opportunities to collaborate with the Front Range Rail.”