Car Free living in Denver (Lakewood, Arvada: homes, neighborhoods, movies)

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by oberon

Bet you lots would opt to take a nice fast train out instead.

Yea, maybe you are right, I hope you are. But if it happens, I believe we will all be long gone to that big ski slope in the sky--and I will be stoking the furnace below.

[TropicanaRose]

Which neighborhoods in Littleton are walking distance to the light rail stations? My husband works in Glendale, and we would love to be able to get rid of a car.

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by TropicanaRose

Which neighborhoods in Littleton are walking distance to the light rail stations? My husband works in Glendale, and we would love to be able to get rid of a car.

Littleton has two light rail stations, the one on Mineral and Sante Fe and the one in Old Town Littleton, at Alamo and Prince. You do not necessarily need to live within walking distance of the stations. Each station is served by multiple local routes that go to the stations. Some areas of Littleton are closer to the Oxford station in Sheridan. Glendale is served by the Colorado Station on the Southeast Line.

The best way to find the information is to go to the RTD website The Regional Transportation District Home Page. You can then go to the Park n' Ride section and look at the map--it will tell you what buses go to each stations because both of the Littleton Stations are Park n' Rides. You can get all the schedules for all routes on the website. In addition there is specific information on each rail station, under light rail, and it will tell you which routes serve each station.

Also there is a full map of the RTD system on line and you can request one to be mailed. Each station and park n' ride will give you map of the location and you can then research the streets to see if they are in walkable distance.

I hope this helps.

Livecontent

[TropicanaRose]

Thank you so much, livecontent. We will start nosing around the online real estate listings and see how things look.

[Katiana]

Sure we have the limited "ski train", "ski buses" but the most die-hard users of mountain recreation need their SUVs.

The only "ski train" goes to Winter Park, and one must go to downtown Denver to board it. There is only one run per day. I do not know the Greyhound schedule. I know there is a bus between Denver and Grand Juntion. I know of a lot of kids who take the ski bus from Boulder to Eldora. You can get it at the Boulder Transit Center or take a bus to the transit center from Louisville.

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

The only "ski train" goes to Winter Park, and one must go to downtown Denver to board it. There is only one run per day. I do not know the Greyhound schedule. I know there is a bus between Denver and Grand Juntion. I know of a lot of kids who take the ski bus from Boulder to Eldora. You can get it at the Boulder Transit Center or take a bus to the transit center from Louisville.

Great Suggestion, The Bus is Route N, it cost $3.75 ( a regional rate). It accepts transfers from all other buses. That means that from anywhere, in the metro area, the most it will cost to get to Eldora is only $3.75---that is some deal!

It runs all day from early morning to the evening--it has a stop at Nederland, that is why it is N for Nederland--pretty smart. I have been on it. It is a great way to see some of the mountain areas without having a car. You can even get on the bus and ride it to the end, and take it shortly back for a return trip, just pay another fare. It is like a nice tour, for those who are just getting a feel for the mountains, even if you do not ski--and it is a nice quick trip to just Nederland for hiking or enjoying the sites.

[tacsa]

Great information! My husband and I are relocating from the San Antonio area to Buckley (military) and we would like to find a neighborhood that would be easy for him to commute by car to work and accessible by light rail to all of Denver's many attractions. Unfortunately the RTD site won't allow me to order a map from out of state. Does anyone know of a rental agency that I can contact and give a laundry list of desires for a neighborhood, i.e. close to light rail, and have them provide me a list of townhomes, etc.? When we moved to Arlington, Va we used such an agency and were able to get an apartment two blocks from the subway station - it was great! Thanks!

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by tacsa

Great information! My husband and I are relocating from the San Antonio area to Buckley (military) and we would like to find a neighborhood that would be easy for him to commute by car to work and accessible by light rail to all of Denver's many attractions. Unfortunately the RTD site won't allow me to order a map from out of state. Does anyone know of a rental agency that I can contact and give a laundry list of desires for a neighborhood, i.e. close to light rail, and have them provide me a list of townhomes, etc.? When we moved to Arlington, Va we used such an agency and were able to get an apartment two blocks from the subway station - it was great! Thanks!

The RTD site The Regional Transportation District Home Page will allow you to download a copy of the map in sections to a PDF file. Keep in mind that the map is only updated about once a year, and is current to only Nov. 2006, but this is when the new light rail was opened. However, the individual schedules are up to date.

The current closes light rail stations to Buckley is the Dayton and Nine Mile on the G LIne/H Line. However, any of the stations along the Southeast Line can serve you well. I find the Southmoor Station, off of E, Hampden, particularly appealing as it has nice housing and shopping close to the station.

The future build out for the Fastracks, a big expansion of the system, will include, among other lines, a new line down I-225. This will not be completed until 2015.

Hope this helps

[yukon]

livecontent, do you have any idea why RTD makes it so difficult for visitors to get route maps? When I lived in Dallas, all the transit centers had full system route maps and you could pick them up 7 days a week, a.m. to p.m. When I called RTD on my visit, they informed me I had to go to one of two transit offices, both downtown, during business hours or to an area library. Obviously this wasn't possible over the Labor Day WEEKEND, so I left with only a few maps that I found at my hotel (the internet PDF are harder to read than the full size folded maps). I found a couple of libraries and went by them, but both were still waiting for their display racks (and maps) to arrive from RTD.

I'm surprised they make it so hard to get information. You'd think they'd do as much as possible to make it easy for visitors and commuters, to encourage more ridership. IMHO, anyway.

[tacsa]

Thank you for the information! I will definitely use it in my research of neighborhoods.