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DENVER - The Regional Transportation District is about to select a consultant who will need to come up with some prompt answers about commuting options in the northwest Denver-Boulder metropolitan area, given economic conditions that have changed since voters first approved the FasTracks system more than eight years ago.
The Northwest Area Mobility Study is designed to develop consensus among the agency, the Colorado Department of Transportation and northwest-corridor stakeholders to decide what improvements would be costeffective.
RTD issued a request for proposals in December and received five strong entries from would-be consultants. RTD staff has ranked its first, second and third choices, said Marta Sipecki, senior public outreach specialist for FasTracks, and a committee of the elected RTD board will consider its recommendations at a public meeting to be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at RTD headquarters, 1600 Blake St., Denver.
Once selected, the consultant will need to work quickly. RTD wants the study to start in March and be completed in early 2014. That process will involve meetings with the public and stakeholders, Sipecki said.
"The consultant will be looking at issues such as segmentation -...