Denver Light Rail Featured On National News
Jun 18th, 2008 by Steve Scheer
Last night, 6/17/08, on the NBC Nightly News, a piece featured Denver as the "Poster City" for light rail. The piece is touching on topics that have to do with rising fuel costs and maintaining a quality of life and traffic issues and they looked at Denver's Light Rail as an example.
You can view the piece in its entirety here. There is a further follow up piece online as well with the Mayor here.
For quite some time I have known many folks that have used light rail to commute into downtown Denver, for many - reasons varied from
saving fuel, to saving parking costs, to staying out of traffic. I also have known one person that made it a point to let others know, it just increased his "me" time, he was able to read uninterrupted twice a day for 20 minutes each way. That actually sounds nice. And now that light rail has expanded and will expand more, - many more Denver metro residents are provided the opportunity to use the light rail for their own commute and it is as popular as ever.
Personally over the last 2 years I have seen more and more relocation clients express an interest in knowing about commuting options and wanting to learn about Denver's Light Rail system. They see the new areas that are popping up along the light rail lines, such as Landmark in the DTC area - and the interest has been great in making commutes as easy as possible.
If you are planning a move to the Denver area, ask you REALTOR® about Denver Light Rail and what neighborhoods give you the opportunity to be close to a light rail station. It is definitely something to consider.
Steve Scheer, RE/MAX Masters, Inc.
Denver Real Estate
Hi Steve, I am glad to hear of the success of light rail in Denver. Here in Phoenix, we will soon have the opportunity to be the next “Poster City!”
Thanks for the great info..
Nick, Thanks for commenting. I was unfamiliar with the Phoenix project so I enjoyed checking out your site a bit.