A PROGRAM OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT FOR DENVER'S CROSSMALL TRANSITWAY STIMULATING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TRANSITWAY CROSSMALL IN DENVER, COLORADO

In 1992, the Federal Transit Administration made a grant to the Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc. to do a joint development study of the Crossmall/Transitway along California and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The same year, the Regional Transportation District began the design and construction of a light rail line along the Crossmall. The Partnership and its study team recognized that the study could prepare property owners, businesses and developments along the Crossmall for RTD's major transit investment by identifying transit related development opportunities, promoting the economic impacts of transit and developing strategies for mitigating impact and integrating the transit improvements most effectively into downtown Denver. The findings and recommendations documented in the report became a work program which was implemented in conjunction with the development of the Crossmall and the introduction of the light rail system. The study introduced a new urban station which was adopted by the RTD as a catalyst for focusing density and development and encouraging a business-transit patron connection. The study also introduced zoning incentives for focusing density and making direct access links between stations and businesses which were adopted by the Mayor's Downtown Zoning Task Force.

• Corporate Authors:

  Downtown Denver Partnership, Incorporated

  511 16th Street, Suite 200
  Denver, CO  United States  80202

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • JONES, G
• Publication Date: 1994-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 65 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business districts; City planning; Economic impacts; Guideways; Joint development; Regional transportation; Zoning
• Geographic Terms: Denver (Colorado)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00674046
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-CO-08-7001-94-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 3 1995 12:00AM