Denver To Consider Spending Millions on Infrastructure and Transit
According to the Denver Gazette, the Denver City Council will consider spending millions on infrastructure projects and transit options at its meeting Monday.
Denver’s Jewell/Evans pedestrian and bike bridge project is set to receive a $2.6 million contract that will kick start construction. The project will offer pedestrians and bikers a route across south Santa Fe Drive and generally connect the area just off Broadway with the Overland Park Golf Course.
In the same vein of connectivity, councilmembers will consider a $750,000 grant agreement with the Regional Transportation District for continuing “microtransit” options in some of Denver’s northernmost neighborhoods. Denver will match the grant with $3.5 million.
The city is also considering expanding the service to neighborhoods along the Interstate 25 corridor, but that is not expected to launch until November, according to a city webpage.
“Microtransit is defined as ‘a privately or publicly operated, technology-enabled transit service that typically uses multi-passenger/pooled shuttles or vans to provide on-demand or fixed-schedule services with either dynamic or fixed routing,” a city webpage on the topic said. “This means that microtransit vehicles are often smaller than full sized buses, use an app-based or call-in reservation system for on-demand trips and often serve a smaller geographic area vs. regional fixed-route transit.”
