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House backs RTD power

February 25, 2009

House lawmakers voted Tuesday to give RTD power to go directly to voters if the transit agency decides to ask for more sales taxes to fund the beleaguered FasTracks program.

Mayors back vote on RTD tax hike

February 20, 2009

A task force of metro Denver mayors agreed Thursday that RTD should ask the legislature to give it a limited option to seek a second FasTracks sales tax hike this year.

RTD fight seems topsy-turvy; disabled in middle

RTD fight seems topsy-turvy; disabled in middle

February 19, 2009

Thursday's hearing on a possible RTD drivers and mechanics strike might seem straight out of Alice in Wonderland unless you understand the politics of labor relations in Colorado.

RTD cancels some routes, spares others

February 18, 2009

RTD moved $4.5 million closer to dealing with a $23 million budget gap Tuesday by approving a large package of light-rail and bus service.

RTD union seeks options

February 18, 2009

RTD's drivers and mechanics union will ask the state Thursday to deny it the right to strike, opening the door to binding arbitration, which the transit agency opposes.

E-470 paves new path with cashless tolls

February 14, 2009

The successful rollout of cashless tolling on E-470 could be pointing the way to the future of transportation funding - the ability to charge tolls without prepaid accounts or coins.

Mayors want FasTracks assurances

February 10, 2009

RTD should guarantee that a potential sales tax bailout for FasTracks will be used only for the lines that are threatened with cutbacks, Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer proposed Monday at a meeting of the Metro Mayors' Caucus.

RTD sees December sales tax slide

February 9, 2009

Poor December holiday sales drove down RTD's sales tax revenue 9.7 percent, not as severe as some had feared but another body blow to the agency's battered revenues.

FasTracks garage at Fed Center bites dust

February 7, 2009

RTD's deal with a developer to build a parking garage and roadways for the FasTracks West Corridor station at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood has fallen through, a victim of costs rising as talks dragged on.

Riders rally to try to save light rail's G Line run

February 7, 2009

Southeast Corridor commuters and transit advocates are rallying to try to save the light-rail G Line from getting the ax.

Council leery of extending red light deal

February 5, 2009

Denver City Council members balked Wednesday at a request for a six-month contract extension with the company operating the cameras to catch red-light runners after officials didn't have the document to give them.

RTD staff now backs FasTracks site that will save cash

February 4, 2009

RTD's FasTracks staff has reversed gears to recommend a money-saving, time-saving shift in location for a new commuter rail yard that also pleases political and neighborhood interests.

City taps brakes in red-light camera deal

February 3, 2009

Denver is offering to renew its contract with the operator of its red-light ticket camera network for only six months, to see if problems over the system's performance and money owed to the city can be worked out.

Paid parking starts at park-n-Ride lots, minus the kiosks

Paid parking starts at park-n-Ride lots, minus the kiosks

February 2, 2009

RTD kicked off its paid parking program Monday without all the bells and whistles it expected, but said it went smoothly since the "vast majority" of people using park-n-Ride lots will never have to pay.

Mayors request FasTracks cuts

February 2, 2009

Metro mayors want RTD to chip away at the FasTracks budget deficit before they consider how much of a tax increase they might have to ask from voters to build the whole program.

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