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Originally Posted by PLANSIT
That makes very little sense at this point. You wouldn't ask the public for a tax increase for ONE transit project (even if it cost $400 million + operations). You'd go to the public with a package of projects that were prioritized based off of a plan - a transit master plan. Start a transit master plan, identify enhanced transit corridors, identify necessary technology, then ask for money. You'd get basically one shot.
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I agree. But Colfax is probably THE corridor in Denver that support, nay screams, for streetcar. Is this really the way we want to start the process of Denver improving it's local transit? With BRT/enhanced bus service on Colfax? This might not be the best initial step before the transit master plan is done in the next 5 years and we figure out what it is we want transit improvements we want to pay for. Moving this project to Broadway/Lincoln seems to make more sense as the peak transit lanes are already there and an initial project could be done for a lot less there.
PLANSIT, was there any discussion with the recommended course of action, or looking further ahead, of using this BRT/enhanced bus service as a stepping stone to putting streetcar on Colfax as a replacement for the local service in the future? Using BRT for the limited and streetcar for the local?
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And comparing the Mason Corridor to Colfax is silly. Two completely different animals.
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If you're going to call it BRT, then it should be compared with the other BRT systems in the state. Yes, one uses ROW in a freight rail corridor and has a dedicated lane for transit, the other operates in general purpose lanes for 18 out of 24 hrs in the day. It's enhanced bus service, albeit very nice enhanced bus service, but it's not BRT.