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Peak construction year for Denver commuter rail lines
Because they are the same as SEPTA’s cars!
And in Wisc. billions are spent this year rebuilding interchanges and adding lanes & bridges. Not one penny on transit. Just think, adding hourly service between Milw. and Chicago might result in high ridership and less traffic. Add service through Racine and Kenosha on the old CNW and look at the results.
The EMU cars look like copies if Septa’s new Silverliners.
A mid-20th century mind set lingers at the Texas DOT with the proposed widening of the North Freeway (I-45) in Houston. A segment of the former MKT line that could have been used for commuter rail between downtown Houston and Katy, Texas was removed to widen the Katy Freeway (I-10) instead.
The fourth largest city in America after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago has yet to develop commuter rail. Smaller cities of Albuquerque, Portland, and Seattle are hubs for commuter rail.
Anyway Denver can lay rails south of Denver or is that been blocked by development?
Well, you can thank your illustrious Gov. Scott “I’ll stop that train dead in it’s tracks” Walker, Austin. I hope the Wisconsinites give Walker the much deserved boot in November.
Mel and Mo, Denver already has two light rail lines going south. The longer one goes through the Denver Tech Center into Douglas County, and an extension which runs in the I-225 median into westernmost Aurora is being extended back to the north to tie into the east line out to the airport. Texas has Governor Perry as its answer to Scott Walker in Wisconsin.
Denver’s RTA is awesome!
Is anyone considering a passenger rail service between Denver and Ft Collins? Or is that looking too far into the future when expanding fossil fuel markets in India and China drive the cost of fuel to the affordability threshold for median income families?
Denver is well prepared for the future to handle its expected growth by building these new rail lines, now. A lot of young people are moving there and the area is actively diverse with sporting activities.
I’m sure more commuter rail projects are on the drawing board. The I-25 continues to grow, both north and south, and it’s not too late to start making plans for commuter rail or even short-distance intercity rail northward to Cheyenne, and southward to Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Even a morning train from Grand Junction and early evening return train from Denver would be a welcome addition on the west side on the Zephyr route.
As someone who lives about one-half block from the future North Metro line, this project is desperately needed. Nearby I-25 is often a parking lot often. Moreover, I-25 north and south of the metro area is frequently packed; I’ve hit traffic tie ups so often on Saturdays I will not take I-25 when going to Loveland. Establishing rail service over/adjacent existing rail (just like parts of the East line to DIA) is a matter of political will versus powerful railroad interests.