Hefty paycheck double dipping is a bit of a tradition in Massachusetts, like the opening of the Swan Boats, or the delivery of Boston's Christmas tree from Nova Scotia.
The city’s transit system, known as RTD, is struggling to boost passengers and is considering some unconventional fare strategies to keep ridership from sagging further while it opens a new rail line.
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Maybe it’ll just be the A Line.
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The University of Colorado won’t re-up its sponsorship of the Regional Transportation District’s A Line commuter train.
CU got naming rights to the A Line, which opened in 2016 and connects Denver International Airport to downtown Denver, as part of a $5 million deal with RTD.
The A Line, however, does not serve the main CU campus in Boulder. That led to some confusion and derision among local media and transit users. CU officials said at the time the point of the deal was to elevate the CU brand.
Longmont City Council Considers Commuter Rail Options The Colorado city has stated that “all options are currently on the table” to complete the long-awaited transit service from Boulder County. Officials claim the rail line proposed on the 2004 ballot is taking too long. John Fryar, Daily Times-Call | March 8, 2021 | News
(TNS) When it comes down to what Longmont, Colo., might do to prod the Regional Transportation District to start funding and developing the long-delayed completion of a Northwest Rail line through Broomfield and Boulder County into Longmont, all options are currently on the table, Mayor Brian Bagley says.
Bagley did not specifically detail any of those options, including what Longmont might do if the City Council decides the RTD is taking too long to get going on the Northwest Rail project, or if the agency puts off its currently estimated 2050 date or seeks to abandon the passenger r