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RTD lifts ban on Neighborhood Eco Pass program

in transit services annually or some other amount if the program were not in place. Riders line up at Denver's Market Street Station to catch an RTD bus to Boulder. The Regional Transportation District is ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  21 Nov 2009

RTD: Without grant and sales-tax hike, only West, DIA rail lines will be built

If Denver-area voters do not approve a sales-tax hike and if the federal government fails to contribute $1 billion for the FasTracks public-private partnership, RTD will only be able to build one more rail line — the train to DIA, agency planners told ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  18 Nov 2009

New Rio Grande Scenic Ski Train gears up for this winter

All aboard the Rio Grande Scenic Ski Train. The company seeking to run winter excursion trains to Winter Park as a successor to the Anschutz Co.'s Ski Train is selling tickets for the upcoming season. The new ski train service is expected to operate ...

From JEFFREY LEIB THE DENVER POST, Vail Daily,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amtrak,  Union Pacific

RTD directors to vote on revamped light-rail ad plan

RTD directors will vote tonight on a new proposal to allow exterior advertising on light-rail cars, but with some modifications to a plan presented — and rejected — previously. Last month, directors of the Regional Transportation District turned back a ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  10 Nov 2009

RTD proposes to donate stretch of rail line to historical society

The Regional Transportation District is proposing to donate a portion of a freight rail line it acquired for FasTracks to the Boulder County Railway Historical Society for an excursion-train operation. RTD bought the 33-mile Boulder Industrial Lead ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Union Pacific

RTD determined to tighten next general manager's compensation and benefits deal

RTD directors are adamant that compensation for the agency's next general manager will not match the rich pay and benefit package of former GM Cal Marsella. "Everyone knows Cal had a package that was the envy of the industry," Regional Transportation ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  8 Nov 2009

DIA to gain breathing room by paying United to temporarily surrender five boarding gates

Denver International Airport is amending its long-term lease with United Airlines in a way that will return five of United's gates in Concourse B to the airport for six years in exchange for DIA's payment of $12.5 million to United. DIA plans to lease ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Airways,  United Airlines,  Continental Airlines, Inc.,  Southwest Airlines

Arbitrator backs RTD in wage, benefit dispute

An arbitrator has ruled in favor of RTD in a wage and benefit dispute with its union, saving the transit agency an extra $10 million it would have had to pay employees over three years had labor prevailed. The Regional Transportation District's ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  4 Nov 2009

Ritter: $400 million in transportation funds around the corner

The FASTER transportation measure passed by lawmakers earlier this year could generate up to $180 million this year for Colorado roads and bridges, and about $220 million next year, Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday. In submitting the Colorado Department of ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Bill Ritter,  Mike May (politician)

DIA follows snow plan

At Denver International Airport, some airlines canceled flights Tuesday and waived change fees in anticipation of the snow, but the airport is open for business today, said Chuck Cannon, an airport spokesman. "Things are plugging right along," Cannon ...

From JEFFREY LEIB, Denver Post,  28 Oct 2009

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