Denver has an enviable quality of life that makes it simply one of the
best places in the country to live and work. We’ve earned an international reputation as a beautiful city.
   However Denver also is the seventh most congested city in the country. In addition, in the next 20 years more than one million people will move to the Denver metro area.
Last November, the Southeast Corridor Light Rail and Bus System opened providing 19 miles of new light rail service, 
   How is the City approaching the next several stages of the project and how will Denver maintain and grow this transportation infrastructure…
an element of the City that will help define the quality of life in Denver?  Host Beverly Weaver discusses this topic with District 4 Councilwoman Peggy Lehmann and District 9 Councilwoman Judy Montero. 

 

Four years of demolition, delays and detours have been endured by residents of a few Council districts in Southeast Denver.  What lessons were learned during that time and what advice can be offered as the TREX system moves on with build out in new directions?  What is being done by RTD and the City regarding the planning and design of Light Rail transit stations?

 

 

 

 

Developments around transit stations have a name and an acronym…transit-oriented development or “TODs.” How are Denver residents involved in TOD planning?  New stations along the Southeast Corridor are appealing and easy to use.  
   What will the residents of Council District 9, through which the next major TREX construction project will run, have to look forward to and how are they involved in the development around the project?  What is City Council’s FasTracks Committee looking forward to in 2007?

 

 

 

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2008 Democratic Convention

 

The 2008 Democratic National Convention is coming to Denver!