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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:42 p.m.

A rendering of hypothetical development that would be allowed under a rezoning for 4400 Fox Street. (Courtesy Tryba Architects)

Developers imagine another urban center in Denver’s Globeville. This one’s on the G Line.

A new proposal would allow for development up to 12 floors in Globeville on the current site of The Big Wonderful.

Passengers ride on an RTD train downtown, Feb. 5, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Got opinions about public transportation? RTD wants your help.

RTD is looking for residents from across its eight-county area to join its Citizens Advisory Committee.

Inside the Colorado Supreme Court room at the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Colorado Supreme Court upholds taxes for Denver special districts

A taxpayer advocacy group sued RTD and SCFD for allegedly violating TABOR.

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The A Line by DIA. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver airport train crossing guards set to be phased out

The state Public Utilities Commission approved getting rid of flaggers and relying on automated crossing gates instead along the A Line.

Southmoor Station, Jan. 24, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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RTD, transit workers union agree to new contract that could help alleviate driver woes

RTD is banking on higher wages and improved benefits in a new collective bargaining agreement to help attract bus and train operators.

The RTD Evans Station, Overland. Jan. 25, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Recommendation in front of RTD staff would give big discounts to youth and low-income riders

The group laid out potential plans for 40 to 50 percent discounts for low-income riders, 70 percent discounts and free passes for youth, and the adjustments to regular fares and passes necessary to balance the budget.

15th Street seen from the Confluence Denver, Oct. 26, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Uber now offers tiny bus rides in Denver

The ride-share company now offers an Express Pool feature that eliminates "the unpredictability that sharing can bring."

The University of Colorado A Line. Jan. 5, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Leave an hour extra for A Line trips to the Denver airport this weekend

RTD will run buses between the affected train stops.

Amazon's campus in Seattle in both the downtown and South Lake Union neighborhoods. Photographed from the roof of Amazon's Port 99 building. (Jordan Stead/Amazon)

Seattle’s former head of transportation says Denver would be lucky to get Amazon

Denver could learn from Seattle and Amazon could push the city to better address mobility.

The 16th Street Mall. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver, RTD recommend moving MallRide to the middle of 16th Street

The new plans are a refinement of a design proposed back in October 2017, with changes made based on input from downtown workers, businesses on the mall and the broader community.