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Regional Transportation District <br />safely connecting <br />your city <br />To: RTD Board of Directors <br />From: David A. Genova, General Manager & CEO <br />Date: August 21, 2018 <br />Re: Northwest Rail Annual Report <br />Subject: Northwest Rail Annual Report <br />RTD, in collaboration with the Northwest area stakeholders, completed the Northwest Area <br />Mobility Study (NAMS) in August 2014. As part of NAMS, the stakeholders developed a Consensus <br />Statement for prioritizing future activities in the Northwest area. One request from the <br />stakeholders was for RTD to provide an annual update on the status of the Northwest Rail and <br />any activities that have occurred to advance the rail forward. This memo will address that item, <br />and will provide an update on all of the stakeholder -requested priorities. Those priorities are <br />summarized below. <br />Complete the FasTracks US 36 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Commitments; <br />I. Pursue Arterial BRT/Enhanced Bus Service Projects: <br />a. SH 119 <br />b. US 287 or SH 7 (The stakeholders deferred to RTD to determine which corridor is <br />best suited for available funding opportunities) <br />II. Pursue I-25 Reverse Commute Solutions; <br />III. Recognize Northwest Rail is a longer term goal, but annually evaluate strategies to <br />accelerate implementation of some or all of the line and report on the status of progress; <br />IV. Pursue the remaining arterial BRT/enhanced bus corridors in the next seven to twenty <br />years. Additional prioritized corridors include US 287 or SH 7, South Boulder Road, 120th <br />Avenue, SH 42/95th Street and 28th Street/Broadway. <br />On May 22, 2014, the Board approved Resolution No. 006, which accepted the stakeholder <br />Consensus Statement for prioritization of future activities in the Northwest area, subject to future <br />Board consideration. Following is a summary of progress that has been made on each item since <br />the completion of NAMS. <br />1660 slake Street Denver Colorado 80202 303.299.6000 35 Regional Transportation District rtd-denver.com <br />