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Hi Everyone! This is Bill Spriggs and I have found several news articles, links and blogs that I wanted to share along THE BACK FENCE & beyond in this Wednesday Edition, Aug 29, 2012. |
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Dear THE BACK FENCE:
Thanks for another great newsletter. The article about the apartment buildings without car parking (Sun, Aug 26, 2012) reminded me that my family lived for many years in a "post-war" upper west side apartment house in Manhattan. These so-numerous buildings were typically about 12 stories tall with over 100 apartments in each, with doormen on duty 24/7. None of them had any parking (except for bikes), and can you imagine how different the upper west side of Manhattan would be today if they all had parking? Imagine the congestion from encouraging rather than discouraging apartment dwellers to have cars!
Jim Smith,Broker/Owner
Golden Real Estate, Inc.
17695 S. Golden Road, Golden CO 80401
Direct: 303-525-1851
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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TheDenverPost
RTD Defends FasTracks Spending
By Monte Whaley, Aug 29, 2012 Regional Transportation District general manager Phil Washington defended the FasTracks commuter rail project Tuesday night over searing criticism that the agency has steered rail away from the north suburbs in favor of other metro corridors.
Gold Line Progress: Jersey Cutoff Construction By Ryan Mulligan, Aug 28, 2012
It's not super sexy and it's fairly remote, but here's the first sign of construction for both the Gold Line and Northwest Electrified Segment (NWES)! The Jersey Cutoff bridge is a little known, but critical piece of both corridors.
BoulderDailyCamera
Boulder Looks to Expand Transit Use
By Erica Meltzer, Aug 28, 2012 Boulder residents and workers continue to get out of their cars and onto bikes and buses, but progress in reducing vehicle-miles is lagging behind the city's goals.READ MORE...
TheDenverPost High-Flying Ideas for I-70 Mountain Corridor in Colorado Include "Tube Rail" By Monte Whaley, Aug 27, 2012
A project that calls for a 120-mile, high-speed transit system to be built on Interstate 70 between Jefferson County and the Eagle County Airport is certain to attract top thinkers - and the biggest dreamers - both foreign and domestic.
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National
| TheNewYorkTimes
The Amtrak Option Editorial, August 26, 2012
As more travelers choose rail, Mitt Romney, Chris Christie and Republicans in Washington should be doing everything in their power to improve train service, not stand in the way.
READ MORE...TheHill GOP Platform: Cut Amtrak, Privatize Airport Security and Focus Highway Money on Roads By Keith Laing, Aug 28, 2012 The platform approved by on Tuesday by Republicans calls for the elimination of funding for Amtrak passenger rail service, privatizing airport security screening "wherever possible" and stopping the use of money earmarked for highway construction for other purposes.
Bloomberg
U.S. Taxpayers Are Gouged on Mass Transit Costs
By Stephen Smith, Aug 26, 2012
If the first segment of Manhattan's Second Avenue subway opens on schedule in 2016, New Yorkers will be reminded that it was once "the line that time forgot" -- a project more than 75 years in the making, with no end in sight. It should be remembered for another failing as well: It will be one of the most expensive subways in the world.READ MORE...
Forbes
What's Better? A Carbon Tax or Energy Subsidies
By James Conca, Aug 26, 2012
With all the debate about energy jobs, wind power tax breaks, and oil subsidies, it's hard to see what federal incentives do for energy in America.READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
Is a Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax a Good Idea?
By Eric Jaffe, Aug 24, 2012
Late last month the Associated Press reported that San Francisco transportation officials will study the idea of implementing a tax on vehicle-miles traveled as a way of decreasing congestion and increasing roads funds. The plan would charge drivers anywhere from fractions of a penny per mile up to a dime depending on the time of day. Based on current driving patterns, the mileage tax could deliver the Bay a daily revenue in the area of $15 million
READ MORE...TheAtlantic
The Cheapest Generation
By Derek Thompson & J. Weissmann, Why Millennials (Gen-Y'ers) aren't buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy. READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
How Long Will You Need to Save to Buy a Home In Your City? (Denver - 8.2 years)
By Jed Kolko, Aug 28, 2012
How long do you have to work in order to afford a home? Ahead of the upcoming Labor Day weekend, we calculated how many years it takes to save enough for a down payment in the 100 largest U.S. metro areas, factoring in both local average wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics's Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages and local housing prices based on the median asking price per square foot of homes listed on Trulia.READ MORE...
UrbanLandInstitute
Transit-Oriented Development Outlook
By Ron Nyren, Aug 27, 2012
Members of Urban Land Institute's Transit-Oriented Development Council discuss the prospects for development around transit nodes-and the obstacles that remain.TheAtlanticCities
A Brief History of the Birth of Urban Planning By Amanda Erickson, Aug 24, 2012
At America's first urban planning conference, held in New York in 1898, a British planner asked whether he and his colleagues were striving for beautiful people or beautiful cities. Is urban planning about physical design, he wondered, or about making things easier for the people who live in our urban spaces?READ MORE...
GistDotOrg
Stuck in traffic, Cancer Surgeon Commandeers Little Girl's Bike to Get to the Hospital
By Jess Zimmerman, Aug 27, 2012
Breast cancer surgeon Catherine Baucom is six feet tall, but she rolled up to work last Wednesday on a little girl's pink bicycle. Baucom had been stuck in nightmarish traffic after a serious accident that shut down the interstate, but she knew her patient was waiting at the surgery center. So she hopped off the highway, drove to a friend's house, and commandeered his 8-year-old daughter's bike.READ MORE...TheAtlanticCities In New York, Toward a Harmony of Police and Cyclists By Eric Jaffe, Aug 28, 2012 The relationship between bike riders and police officers in New York is historically rocky. Riders have a reputation for flouting traffic rules - sometimes that's deserved, sometimes merely perceived - and cops have stuggled to understand which bike laws can and should be enforced. As ridership increases, especially after the delayd-but-inevitable launch of bike share, the road will only get rockier. |
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International (when available)
| GristDotOrg
World's Biggest Bus is 98 Feet Long and Can Fit 256 Passengers By Jess Zimmerman, Aug 27, 2012
This monster of public transportation is actually three buses chained together into a sort of Vehicular Centipede. It's nearly 100 feet long, fits 256 passengers, and - if you believe the institute that developed it - is no harder to drive than a regular 40-footer. So basically, it's a subway train minus the complicated underground infrastructure. Even better, Buszilla is a hybrid that can go up to five miles on battery power alone.
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StreetsBlog
By Angie Schmitt, Aug 27, 2012 If you don't have a car, then you're probably familiar with the fine art that is grocery shopping on bike or foot - what to buy, what to pass on (jumbo bags of toilet paper, for example). Well, isn't it nice to know that gasoline savings aren't the only reward for your troubles?
 | | When in doubt about doing anything on a bicycle -- go to the pros -- The Dutch! Shopping by bike (Netherlands) |
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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>Lakewood, Thursday, Sept 13, 2012 7pm. Mary Harris Auditorium on the Campus of the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. 1600 Pierce Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80214.
Music! Singing! Dancing! Comedy! Oh My! A variety show produced by the 40 West Arts District showcasing the performing arts with an array of upbeat, high-energy, family-friendly acts. The inaugural show, emceed by the inimitable "Naughty Pierre" from Lannie's Clocktower, is set for September 13 at the Mary Harris Auditorium - Click here to learn more & purchase tickets.
SEPTEMBER 21-23RD, 2012
Denver Union Station
Construction Cam
Wish You Could Find an Apartment/Condo near a Light Rail Station? As part of TBF's continuing efforts to bring TOD's to the West Corridor & elsewhere, this link from Walk Score.com will now be a permanent feature. Thanks.
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Commercial Real Estate Assemblages, Land or Buildings Available on The West Corridor
Please note: TBF does not
own or sell any real property.
Prices displayed may not be correct.
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>3415 West Colfax Ave TOD Assemblage
>4419 West Colfax Retail Location
>4917 West 11th Ave Assemblage [sold]
Sold, See Press Release
>10th Avenue Light Rail Assemblage
>1010 Sheridan Blvd TOD Site
>13th Avenue & Newland St., Light Rail Vacant Land
>5830 West Colfax Ave
>1025 Ammons Complex
>6990 West Colfax Ave Pad Site
THE BACK FENCE supports a corridor wide, regional vision, with individual nodes of unique "places" within that corridor. We hope that the listing of commercial properties available will help to speed this vision to fruition sooner. Learn more about this vision below from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.
West Corridor Vision
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Things You Need to Know Around the Region
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 Saturday, Sept 15, 2012 Calling all Cyclists in Golden, Lakewood, west Denver, and the Denver Region. The RTD FasTracks West Rail Line which will serve our West Corridor will host a bike event on Saturday, September 15, 2012 to show off its magnificent bike path that parallels most of the future "W" line. >Denver, Thursday, November 8th, 2012, 7:00am to 10:30am The Transit Alliance Presents the Transit Event of 2012
Union Station:
Community Trans-Formation
Celebrating the Vision of FasTracks Coming to Life The Ritz Carlton Denver, $75 - Individual, $700 - Table
Stay tuned for reservation details
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