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METROPOLITAN 2.15.07 • Vol. 29 No. 21 • http://www.mscd.edu/~themet • Serving the Auraria Campus since 1979
FasTracks faces its demons Public transit system hits several speed bumps in attempt to reach commuters The Future of FasTracks part one of three
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Powerless Rangers get railed as Roadrunners pull upset PAGE 19 PULLOUT SECTION
METROSPECTIVE
Keep on monster truckin’ PAGE 12
AUDIO FILES
En pointe and pirouette with Denver’s Le Ballet PAGE 14
Photo by Jenn LeBlanc • jkerriga@mscd.edu
Now that T-Rex is complete, residents north of Denver looking forward to a chance to ease their commute are finding that RTD has already said “no” to sending the light rail north. Instead it is planning to follow the current Union Pacific corridor for a commuter train that would run through residential neighborhoods, back up against houses and run a less constant schedule than the existing light-rail systems.