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Old 08-19-2013, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Oooooooooooooooooooolathe!
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We have to move for work, and Denver is one of our two final choices, Columbus OH being the other.

If we move to Denver, I would love to commute to work (which is downtown at 16th and Broadway) via light rail, or regular railroad. However, my search is being stymied by the rather mystifying online maps of the routes.

Is there somewhere that I can get a printable online map that shows the various lines (including the future routes) overlaid to city streets so I can figure out where everything goes? The best one I've found so far is this one: http://www.rtd-denver.com/images/FasTracks-map.jpg, but the resolution is too low to make it useful when printed.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 08-19-2013, 08:58 AM
 
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It's not that printable, but since it's google maps it allows you to zoom in to the level of detail needed to get an accurate location. Also if you zoom in enough you will see station locations.

FasTracks System Map
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Old 08-19-2013, 08:58 AM
 
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You can try this:

RTD
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Old 08-19-2013, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Berkeley Neighborhood, Denver, CO USA
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would love to commute to work (which is downtown at 16th and Broadway) via light rail, or regular railroad
1. Denver has no heavy rail for commuters.
2. Light rail is limited.
3. You need to consider buses. There are a number of express bus routes filled with commuters.

4. This will get you a map. RTD It appears that they will mail it to you via the post IFF you live in Colorado. Insane, I know. I have not been able to find a detailed PDF map.
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Old 08-19-2013, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Oooooooooooooooooooolathe!
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1. Denver has no heavy rail for commuters.
2. Light rail is limited.
3. You need to consider buses. There are a number of express bus routes filled with commuters.

4. This will get you a map. RTD It appears that they will mail it to you via the post IFF you live in Colorado. Insane, I know. I have not been able to find a detailed PDF map.
Yeah, I saw that they will only mail maps to Colorado residents. Great.

Do residents just call the system "light rail"? I just said "regular railroad" because the maps I have seen make a distinction between light rail and commuter rail. I should learn the nomenclature.

Off to look for an express bus map!
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Old 08-19-2013, 10:32 AM
 
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Yeah, I saw that they will only mail maps to Colorado residents. Great.

Do residents just call the system "light rail"? I just said "regular railroad" because the maps I have seen make a distinction between light rail and commuter rail. I should learn the nomenclature.

Off to look for an express bus map!
Commuter Rail vs light rail is standard transit nomenclature. None of RTD's commuter rail lines are finished so a large percentage of people in the metro still think all of the lines are going to be light rail, and others living here do not realize the differences warrant different terminology.

I think when we get our first commuter rail and people see it in action they will start to call it something other than light rail. But as of now we do not have commonly accepted local nomenclature to distinguish between the two types of rail like other cities do.
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Old 08-19-2013, 10:37 AM
 
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Yeah, I saw that they will only mail maps to Colorado residents. Great.

Do residents just call the system "light rail"? I just said "regular railroad" because the maps I have seen make a distinction between light rail and commuter rail. I should learn the nomenclature.

Off to look for an express bus map!
Residents call it light rail, but that's because the existing lines are all light rail and people are unaware that 4 of the five lines that are under construction will consist of commuter rail using Silverliner V cars (the same that are found in Philly on SEPTA lines). I'm pretty sure that people will come up with a different term when they see how different the cars on the Gold, East, North, and NW lines will be. Or maybe we'll start calling the rail system "the Metro" or "the Rail"....
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Old 08-19-2013, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Wheat Ridge, CO
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The only RTD rail line that are currently open are the Southwest, Southeast, and West lines. The East, I-225, and Gold lines are supposed to be open in 2016. A number of my colleagues take express buses from the Northwest and Northern suburbs and seem to enjoy the ride.
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Old 08-19-2013, 10:53 AM
 
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Hopefully someone in the Denver Metro Area will do what someone did in the DC area and that is to publish a booklet that had great maps and photographs of the areas around all of the stations on the DC metro system. It was available on-line and in print version that I used to keep in my briefcase.

In the online version you can click on any station name and get info for the area around that station. Try it.

I've always thought that putting together such a booklet would be a cool retirement job for LiveContent who is one of our authorities on the system.
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Old 08-20-2013, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
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We have to move for work, and Denver is one of our two final choices, Columbus OH being the other.

If we move to Denver, I would love to commute to work (which is downtown at 16th and Broadway) via light rail, or regular railroad. However, my search is being stymied by the rather mystifying online maps of the routes.

Is there somewhere that I can get a printable online map that shows the various lines (including the future routes) overlaid to city streets so I can figure out where everything goes? The best one I've found so far is this one: http://www.rtd-denver.com/images/FasTracks-map.jpg, but the resolution is too low to make it useful when printed.

Any help would be appreciated.
Here you go. High resolution. No more detail, but it's high resolution.

BTW, keep in mind that those north lines won't be completed for another 30 years.



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