Transportation officials in Denver recently made a trial run of the new 12-mile, $707 million light-rail line expected to serve some 20,000 riders a day in Denver’s western corridor. It’s the first rail line to be finished of the massive “FasTracks” regional transit program that’s set to reshape the entire metropolitan area. FasTracks is a multi-billion-dollar regional plan financed by a 4-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2004. The program aims to expand transit service in three existing corridors, create new service in six other corridors, and develop Denver’s Union Station into a multi-modal regional transportation hub.
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