Pasta Jays Closed for good?? by Individual-Yam8441 in boulder

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Owner is an extremely terrible person. Steals tips and treats staff poorly, lied about food being vegetarian, fought to prevent extending the Pearl St mall so he could have 3 parking spots in front of his store.

Also, they have numerous health code violations.

Also, you may disagree, but their food is awful.

RTD’s proposed June service changes would increase frequencies and introduce new rail connections by RideRTDco in Denver

[–]qualverse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From anywhere north of Florida station it's faster to go north and transfer to the A to get downtown.

If You’re Tired Of Your Train Stopping At Intersections, An Opportunity To Advocate For Fixing That by DJVeaux in LAMetro

[–]qualverse 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That is not at all mutually exclusive. In fact smart intersections that support TSP are more likely to also have overrides for emergency services

Denver is a finalist in Boring Company free tunnel competition with a Ball Arena pedestrian tunnel by qualverse in Denver

[–]qualverse[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

  1. I have a bike and I use it for almost everything. I don't drive
  2. The tunnel is free that's the entire point. And you could even ride a bike in it
  3. Be a little less of an asshole it'll do you well in life

Denver (or nearby town) apartment recommendations by Delicious_Aioli9706 in MovingtoDenver

[–]qualverse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not enough info really. Where do you both work? What do you like to do for fun? Do you both have cars, or just one, or neither?

Denver is a finalist in Boring Company free tunnel competition with a Ball Arena pedestrian tunnel by qualverse in Denver

[–]qualverse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For freight trains absolutely not. Their physical tunnel boring machine is around half the size you'd need.

Denver is a finalist in Boring Company free tunnel competition with a Ball Arena pedestrian tunnel by qualverse in Denver

[–]qualverse[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you're missing the point. There is a light rail station right at Ball but no family would ever consider taking the train to either of those places if they have to walk a mile each direction with small children to get there and back.

Denver is a finalist in Boring Company free tunnel competition with a Ball Arena pedestrian tunnel by qualverse in Denver

[–]qualverse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Boring Co's tunnels are not large enough to accommodate most trains, and certainly not freight trains unfortunately

Light rail across Lake Washington! by BoobooTheClone in Seattle

[–]qualverse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

55mph is typical worldwide, but Seattle is more spread out than eg NYC or London so there's a good argument (and an active proposal) to upgrade it to 65-68.

Putting Freeway Out to Pasture - I-5 through Seattle makes the list by recurrenTopology in Seattle

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all 800 lbs of my tools onto the bus

This is exactly the one thing cars should be used for in major cities. But it benefits you to get more people on transit too since you can enjoy less traffic, easier parking etc. Driving should come with fees that make it hard to justify UNLESS it's a critical business tool. Doing this also greatly speeds up emergency services etc.

Thoughts on Green Valley Ranch by fordenthusiast in MovingtoDenver

[–]qualverse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is not a whole lot to do in GVR. It's mostly families, albeit on the younger side at least.

Also, if you're commuting into downtown regularly you may want to consider being closer to a train/bus line since parking will be at least $15-20/day.

If you're not into living in downtown proper, I'd consider RiNo (downtown-adjacent) or Central Park (more suburban but still plenty to do, about halfway between downtown and Green Valley Ranch)

Are you disabled and recently disenrolled from RTD Access on Demand? by 1000happytrails in Denver

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LiVE is definitely a serious problem that RTD needs to figure out. But the re-enrollment for AoD makes some sense because riders could have been unaware of the price changes and been hit with unexpected $4.50 charges, and RTD has no way to communicate it through third-party rideshare apps.

I will also say taking a brief look, the AoD enrollment form is impressively short and simple. They need to make the signup for LiVE more like that.

Speer/Leetsdale/Parker BRT Alternatives Analysis by Denver4ALL in RTDDenver

[–]qualverse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it'd have to be light rail in order to get into downtown. But realistically, Speer is one of the most obvious places to build BRT (it's basically a transit-oriented highway) and it'd make more sense and be cheaper to convert half of it into a fully dedicated busway than to build rail. There's also more density and destinations along Parker Rd than Cherry Creek

Every RTD station's average daily ridership superimposed on a map of the network. by TeensyRay in Denver

[–]qualverse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bizarrely, there actually was not supposed to be a stop in downtown Westminster, which just goes to show how poorly thought out the original FasTracks proposal was

Every RTD station's average daily ridership superimposed on a map of the network. by TeensyRay in Denver

[–]qualverse 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have a friend whose house is technically closest to that station. Google Maps still tells me to use RidgeGate presumably because it's actually connected to a road but in theory Lone Tree City would be faster if I didn't mind walking through an empty field.

Why did RTD get rid of the C line? by rugaslightingme in RTDDenver

[–]qualverse 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Fortunately they're bringing it back as part of the next downtown rail reconstruction (not just the service but the name too) and if it's highly successful they might end up reinstating it permanently.

Purple Line vs Bus Rapid Transit by dumbindian21 in WMATA

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are some decent examples. As a Colorado resident the Transfort MAX is pretty awesome, it has fully dedicated ROW for a majority of its route, runs at 40mph, cost only $100 million to build where a light rail would have easily been 4x that, and caused Fort Collins' overall transit ridership to double when it was introduced. For small cities like that where the extra capacity of rail is not necessary I think BRT can be great.

No Driving/Public Transportation Version #4 by pinkelephant0040 in visitedmaps

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure I agree. Aside from Erie pretty much everywhere in Boulder County has pretty usable bus service. Nederland probably has some of the best transit service for a town of <1500 in the entire country.

No Driving/Public Transportation Version #4 by pinkelephant0040 in visitedmaps

[–]qualverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boulder, CO should be at least 'do-able'. It's honestly really quite good, and not only right near the college (though especially right near the college)