en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1242966 Comments by Otis_King http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28779217/ecopass-rate-proposal-raising-concerns-boulder-county#IDComment994332086 Thank you for posting! I thought I was the only one that noticed. Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:30:08 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_28779217/ecopass-rate-proposal-raising-concerns-boulder-county#IDComment994332086 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/erie/ci_28194119/erie-plans-fill-prince-res-make-room-development#IDComment974232700 What is a 45 Story football field? Wed, 27 May 2015 13:52:24 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/erie/ci_28194119/erie-plans-fill-prince-res-make-room-development#IDComment974232700 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972931518 Denver is very walkable. You have car and bicycle sharing. Uber, Lyft, old taxis. the bus. Lots of options when you get to Downtown Denver. Plud during the weekdays we now have the Metro Ride to circulate to uptown area. Thu, 21 May 2015 19:07:13 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972931518 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972931230 Why? It is projected to be slower than the express bus was when FasTracks was voted on. Thu, 21 May 2015 19:05:16 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972931230 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972930722 We end up with Faux BRT. I could not agree more. THey had the chance to be truly innovative and offer a new and somewhat revolutionary product to the riders and they missed. Busses that run like trains in their own lanes with prepaid ticketing and no need to cross traffic would be a lot cheaper than trying to lease tracks rights from someone else. Thu, 21 May 2015 19:02:13 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972930722 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972929983 Seems like FasTracks had to include a shiny choo choo to get people to vote for it. Boulder did not need 2 transit solutions to Denver. The train was expected to average 30 MPH between Boulder and Denver. At the time of the FasTracks vote, the bus was averaging about 50 MPH. The Bus between Boulder and Denver has always had decent ridership. RTD could have been very daring and build a true BRT system down the middle of 36 and been done with it years ago if it were not for the inclusion of the train. Thu, 21 May 2015 18:58:18 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972929983 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972700943 #3 is one of the reasons I voted against FasTracks. Why build 2 means of public transit between Denver and Boulder? I believe the train was included to get non-bus riders to vote. Who doesn't want to ride a train? Another good reason to vote no on FasTracks (besides their projections being way far off, as we are now seeing become reality) was the fact that it built mass transit out into an area that did not have high transit utilzation to begin with. Denver - Boulder buses have a fairly high ridership. RTD could have served the existing customers first. Wed, 20 May 2015 18:56:06 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972700943 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972699419 Before the work, the accelleration lanes at every on-ramp in both directions were incredibly short which led to congestion as traffic did not have time to blend and get up to speed. Wed, 20 May 2015 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_28148249/editorial-u-s-36-straw-man#IDComment972699419 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27793283/wayne-bailey-rtd-trains-not-buses#IDComment960003660 You voted for both. If you had paid attention to Jon Caldera, you would have know that the projections to use the BNSF right of way and track was wholly unrealistic and that the rail was duplicitous to an already well utilized Bus line. Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:46:36 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27793283/wayne-bailey-rtd-trains-not-buses#IDComment960003660 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957846027 What I hate about RTD and Fastracks is how the resources were spent first to deliver an expensive transit solution to an area where there are not a lot of transit users (Highlands Ranch / DTC). I have ridden the B for more than 20 years. The route always has decent ridership. From the outset, Fastracks should not have included a train and focused on improving the corridors where service was utilized. We should have had a real BRT system between Boulder and Denver years ago. Like a train, but without the expense of rails and high maintenence, in separated lanes. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:31:03 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957846027 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957844980 You voted for an inititive that included both a train and bus rapid transit. If RTD had been focused on a real bus rapid transit solution, we would have had it years ago because the costs are far less than a heavy train that requires a lot of maintence on the rolling stock as well as the right of way, which RTD never controlled. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:25:32 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957844980 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957844647 If you would have read the ballot inititive, you would have seen that RTD proposed both Bus Rapid Transit and Rail to Boulder. The proposed travel speeds in the inititive for the rail solution was 30 MPH between Denver and Boulder, and at the time of the election, the BX was averaging about 50 MPH, including stops in Boulder. As a long time rider of the B route, I voted against Fastracks because Boulder did not need 2 transit solutions. Unfortunately we are not getting true BRT. A real Bus Rapid Transit system would run down the middle of US 36 to Denver in both directions in separate bus only lanes. Stations would be in the middle of the highway and you would pay to enter the station, not board the bus. Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:23:53 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_27725784/rtd-solicits-public-comments-proposed-denver-boulder-route#IDComment957844647 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-weather/ci_27622271/boulder-weather-high-37-snow-and-high-winds#IDComment954415099 Burr Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:30:52 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-weather/ci_27622271/boulder-weather-high-37-snow-and-high-winds#IDComment954415099 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27613178/rob-cassady-fastracks-jarring-dynamic#IDComment953779817 You should have listened to John Caldera and the Independence Institute. The cost and revenue projections for Fastracks were unrealistic and the idea that Boulder needed both a Bus and a train solution was flawed. A true Bus Rapid Transit system could have been constructed years ago for much less than the slow train which may never be built (if we are lucky.) Sat, 28 Feb 2015 05:04:21 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27613178/rob-cassady-fastracks-jarring-dynamic#IDComment953779817 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27353762/rc-lloyd-time-repeal-tabor#IDComment943127549 Did you ever think RTD could deliver on FasTracks? Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_27353762/rc-lloyd-time-repeal-tabor#IDComment943127549 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939025900 FasTracks was based on such unrealistic revenue protections and cost estimates, particularly when you consider it relied on using another entities facilities which cost they had no control over. The proposed rail, should it ever be built, will be slower than the existing bus service, at the time FasTracks was voted on. Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:11:46 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939025900 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023982 Denver to Boulder is a decent commute on the bus and has been for the last 25 years. The proposed rail service was just a shiny carrot for people who thing every public bus is akin to riding the 15 in Denver. Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:05:43 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023982 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023434 Faux BRT Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:03:58 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023434 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023294 Faux BRT is what everyone should call this system. Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:03:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023294 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023064 The train was just a shiny carrot because people think all public transit bus rides are the equivalent of the 15 down Colfax. The trains average speed as proposed 20 MPH less than existing, well utilized bus service between Denver and Boulder before Faux BRT. Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:02:52 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_27270447/u-s-36-reconstruction-ongoing-is-branding-plan#IDComment939023064