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Transit Agency Needs To Keep Its Focus On Transit

Posted by: Nate Berg

17 December 2007 - 5:00am

This editorial from the Rocky Mountain News expresses the concerns of many in Denver who worry that the region's transportation district is focusing too much on redevelopment.

Is RTD a Regional Transportation District, or is it a Regional Redevelopment District?

In 2004, RTD voters approved a light-rail transportation project, but not a large-scale redevelopment scheme headed by RTD. The FasTracks transportation project will undoubtedly provide the Denver metro area with invaluable services, and transit-oriented development will likely change the landscape and economy in certain areas accordingly. However, RTD is a transportation district - not a redevelopment authority - and it should not be permitted to unilaterally define/change its scope and authority at the expense of private property rights across the state of Colorado.

Full Story: SPEAKOUT: RTD going too far
Source: The Rocky Mountain News, December 14, 2007
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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