As regular blog readers know, I use Denver's light rail train (part of the metro area's Regional Transportation District or RTD) quite often. It is very convenient and can take me downtown in about 20 minutes. Voters throughout the metro area approved a sales tax to build this system, and it is something like 70% complete. What remains is to extend 3 current lines. Unfortunately, the line to Boulder and Longmont would cost a fortune to construct, and thanks to a massive decline in passengers due to the coronavirus (health experts said riding public transportation was a death trip, which people found off-putting), I think the completion of this extension is in doubt. Just recently, I read that if the line is built, it won't be operational until 2050, ridership will be very low, and the express bus to Boulder (the Flatiron Flyer), established as an interim solution, actually takes less time to get to Boulder than the proposed light rail train. And we want to build this line why?
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