Twenty minutes before 8 am and the RTD Park-n-Ride at Yale Ave. and I-25 is full. The parking lot fills up quickly and some people are upset because commuters are parking in the neighborhoods. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Re: Aurora targets younger crowd with light rail, ruffles older feathers, Jan. 24 news story.
I have no issue with the so-called transit-oriented development concept. But its implementation in the Denver area is harming actual daily light-rail commuters. The city and RTD are colluding with wealthy developers to eliminate our taxpayer-paid, safe, convenient commuter parking spaces and lots and instead are giving them over to apartment builders and dwellers. The Denizen project took away safe, convenient parking at the Alameda station; the University apartments did the same at the University station; there is hardly any parking at Belleview and Yale; the Colorado station lot is often full by 8:30 a.m.; and now parking apparently is disappearing at Broadway Station and in Aurora too?
I urge the cities and RTD to stop letting developers take away quality parking from daily commuters who need it in order to use light rail. Transit-oriented developments are an utter failure when they ultimately discourage people with cars from accessing and using light-rail transit.
Kara Choquette, Denver
This letter was published in the Jan. 31 edition.
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