DENVER | Transportation Thread - Page 475

EngiNerd · #**9481** Posted **May 18, 2016, 12:12 AM**

I do the downtown to DTC reverse commute every day, so anything, even a 1% improvement, would be worthwhile for me

seventwenty · #**9482** Posted **May 18, 2016, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by EngiNerd

I do the downtown to DTC reverse commute every day, so anything, even a 1% improvement, would be worthwhile for me

Just don't get off at Arapahoe.

I really wanna know how CDOT is rebuilding that intersection.

Cirrus · #**9483** Posted **May 18, 2016, 1:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

Are transit riders even safe using Denver Union Station or are they just rolling the dice? Does anyone know anything about THIS.

"Rolling the dice." That's laughable. You are FAR more likely to die in a car crash on any highway in America than in a terrorist attack, be it in a train station or elsewhere.

You're rolling the dice every time you get behind the wheel. If you want to make yourself safer, build more train stations so you don't have to drive as often.

lumos · #**9484** Posted **May 18, 2016, 1:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by seventwenty

From 2018 it will be no changes on the new elizabeth 26 mile university of bath crossrail line

How right (and witty) you are

TakeFive · #**9485** Posted **May 18, 2016, 3:27 PM**

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COtoOC · #**9486** Posted **May 18, 2016, 3:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by seventwenty

Just don't get off at Arapahoe.

I really wanna know how CDOT is rebuilding that intersection.

From what I read, the freeway experience will remain the same (no added lanes), but I assume the bridge needs to be longer to accommodate more lanes on Arapahoe underneath the fwy. I never get off there, so I'm not familiar with what the problem is.

wong21fr · #**9487** Posted **May 18, 2016, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

Are transit riders even safe using Denver Union Station or are they just rolling the dice? Does anyone know anything about THIS.

This is such a laughable pandering to the cowardly saps you find at a Tea Party rally, or a Donald Trump rally that it's pathetic.

TakeFive · #**9488** Posted **May 18, 2016, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

This is such a laughable pandering to the cowardly saps you find at a Tea Party rally, or a Donald Trump rally that it's pathetic.

I really couldn't speak for Alan Levin, Bloomberg but you could tweet him @ https://twitter.com/AlanLevin1 and ask him.

wong21fr · #**9489** Posted **May 18, 2016, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

I really couldn't speak for Alan Levin, Bloomberg but you could tweet him @ https://twitter.com/AlanLevin1 and ask him.

Nah. Why crowd the internet with more mindless drivel and ill-informed comments?

Anyway, you're the one who framed it as "rolling the dice" so I should be asking you what your motivation was.

TakeFive · #**9490** Posted **May 18, 2016, 4:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

Anyway, you're the one who framed it as "rolling the dice" so I should be asking you what your motivation was.

I wanted to see how many would bite on the bait. That EngiNerd was way too smart for that, just as I had suspected.

TakeFive · #**9491** Posted **May 19, 2016, 2:59 AM**

..

All Photos courtesy: Front Porch Stapleton - A Line Opening / Last two photos by Catherine Barkley Photography

"Time to ride! A thank you from RTD and its contractor"

Eagle P3 Project Quarterly Newsletter: April-July 2016 - RTD/FasTracks

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The year 2016 has finally come. A year when RTD will open up five transit lines - something that has never happened in the world of public transportation. The entire RTD Eagle P3 team and its contractor, Denver Transit Partners, want to thank all of you for your patience and excitement during the last five years of construction.

Seven (7) pages long if you'd care to check it out.

Cirrus · #**9492** Posted **May 20, 2016, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

I wanted to see how many would bite on the bait. That EngiNerd was way too smart for that, just as I had suspected.

FYI intentional trolling is explicitly against the forum rules.

CherryCreek · #**9493** Posted **May 20, 2016, 3:06 PM**

Politico has a nice article out about Denver development and the Airport train. The headline is a little over the top - the Airport train did not "Save Denver". It's a great addition and will fuel future growth, but the City was "saved" long before the train was even approved.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...-growth-213905

Sam Hill · #**9494** Posted **May 20, 2016, 6:36 PM**

Perhaps not the ideal thread for this but...

My fellow Denverites,

If you're planning on going anywhere near downtown in a car, don't do it. I just spent a ridiculously long amount of time trying to drive from Jefferson Park through downtown to City Park West. I was trapped on one block of Speer for about 20 minutes at one point. I would only get to move my car about one car length every second or third green light. It was that bad. I finally got to a sign that said Speer is closed at Stout from 5/19 to such-and-such date - not just some lanes or most of the lanes, but all of them. Speer: closed. No Speer.

When I finally escaped that traffic jam I found myself winding all over downtown looking for a street that didn't have a traffic jam on it to no avail. At one point I ended up on Broadway hoping to eventually make a left on 17th, and got stuck in another ridiculous traffic jam. This one wasn't quite as bad as Speer; I actually got to move my car a couple car lengths every green light. As I got closer to 17th I realized Broadway is also closed - not some of the lanes or most of the lanes, but all of them. No Broadway.

Anyway, I'd avoid downtown for a while (unless some alternate mode of transportation is convenient for you of course).

DenverInfill · #**9495** Posted **May 20, 2016, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sam Hill

Perhaps not the ideal thread for this but...

My fellow Denverites,

If you're planning on going anywhere near downtown in a car, don't do it. I just spent a ridiculously long amount of time trying to drive from Jefferson Park through downtown to City Park West. I was trapped on one block of Speer for about 20 minutes at one point. I would only get to move my car about one car length every second or third green light. It was that bad. I finally got to a sign that said Speer is closed at Stout from 5/19 to such-and-such date - not just some lanes or most of the lanes, but all of them. Speer: closed. No Speer.

When I finally escaped that traffic jam I found myself winding all over downtown looking for a street that didn't have a traffic jam on it to no avail. At one point I ended up on Broadway hoping to eventually make a left on 17th, and got stuck in another ridiculous traffic jam. This one wasn't quite as bad as Speer; I actually got to move my car a couple car lengths every green light. As I got closer to 17th I realized Broadway is also closed - not some of the lanes or most of the lanes, but all of them. No Broadway.

Anyway, I'd avoid downtown for a while (unless some alternate mode of transportation is convenient for you of course).

I think RTD is rebuilding the light-rail tracks across Speer.

Sam Hill · #**9496** Posted **May 20, 2016, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

I think RTD is rebuilding the light-rail tracks across Speer.

Ah.

jhwk · #**9497** Posted **May 20, 2016, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

I think RTD is rebuilding the light-rail tracks across Speer.

As someone whose vehicle has essentially no shocks and inverted leaf springs, this couldn't come soon enough. That crossing was getting embarrassing.

lumos · #**9498** Posted **May 21, 2016, 9:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

I think RTD is rebuilding the light-rail tracks across Speer.

I never really understood why there was the big lump (sic) when travelling towards Cherry Creek but no problem coming back. I guess we will no longer have the hilarity of people in Humvees inching across the tracks.

PLANSIT · #**9499** Posted **May 21, 2016, 3:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by jhwk

As someone whose vehicle has essentially no shocks and inverted leaf springs, this couldn't come soon enough. That crossing was getting embarrassing.

What's embarrassing is that intersection/crossing still being at-grade.

The Dirt · #**9500** Posted **May 21, 2016, 9:36 PM**

What the fuck is going on with the train service today?
The train was 10 minutes late, made stops before some of the at grade crossings, the AC is out and it's at least 90 degrees on here. The display screen has a Windows XP error message on it and it's saying were going the opposite way. What a nice way to introduce my wife to riding the train.