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Fas rac rs Transit Oriented Deve opment<br />
Status Report 20<strong>07</strong><br />
<strong>30</strong> CENTRAL CORRIDOR CENTRAL PLATTE VALLEY SPUR<br />
DOWNING STREET EXTENSION<br />
The<br />
original 53mile Central Exhibit 31 Central Corridor CPV Map<br />
Corridor and the18mile Cen<br />
tral Platte Valley CPV Spur<br />
serve the economic cultural and<br />
us<br />
corr<br />
entertainment heart of metro<br />
politan Denver see Exhibit 31<br />
The opening of the Central Cor<br />
ridor in 1994 represented the<br />
Denver region s return to fixed<br />
rail guideway after a nearly 45<br />
year absence The opening of t F<br />
the CPV Spur in 2002 marked<br />
the beginning<br />
of the Union Sta<br />
rc<br />
tion s reemergence as a regional<br />
transportation hub Under Fas<br />
Tracks Union Station will serve<br />
as the junction of eight <strong>RTD</strong> rail<br />
corridors <strong>RTD</strong> regional and local<br />
buses and the 16th Street Mall<br />
Shuttle and Downtown Circula<br />
tor<br />
Other transportation con<br />
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nections under consideration<br />
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include Amtrak the Ski Train<br />
passenger rail service<br />
being<br />
studied by the Rocky Mountain<br />
Rail Authority and Greyhound<br />
and other private interstate and<br />
sod<br />
soaAh q<br />
criro<br />
international buses As part of the FasTracks plan the Central Corridor will also be extended<br />
from its terminus at<br />
<strong>30</strong>th Downing Station about a mile north along Downing Street to con<br />
nect to the proposed 40th Station where passengers will be able to transfer to com<br />
muter rail trains to Denver International Airport on the East Corridor Thornton on the North<br />
Metro Corridor and Union Station<br />
For the entire Central Corridor CPV Spur and Downing Street Extension a total 6164 resi<br />
dential units3729 hotel rooms 864 000 square feet of retail 2 million square feet of office<br />
space 1 5 million square feet of government space 103 000 square feet of cultural space<br />
and 23 million square feet of convention sports space have either been completed or are<br />
currently under construction Another 5036 residential units 156 hotel rooms 1 5 mil<br />
lion square feet of retail and 24million square feet of office space have been proposed<br />
Union Station<br />
The 195 acres surrounding Union Station owned by <strong>RTD</strong> and its partners represent the pre<br />
eminent TOD opportunity in the entire Denver region The Union Station partnering agencies<br />
Draft 1 31 December 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Rev 2
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