Volume 38, Issue 30 - April 20, 2016

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The Student Voice of MSU Denver

Volume 38, Issue 30

April 20, 2016

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MSU Denver senior Rhys Tekelenburg uses the 15 route to get to Auraria Campusfor his night classes. On April 25, RTD will discontinue service to the 15 route stop on 12th and Larimer street, which could affect many students. Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz26@msudenver.edu

Popular bus route not to stop at Auraria

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By Sabrina Naccarato

snaccara@msudenver.edu

As a commuter campus, Auraria students rely heavily on public transportation to get to and from campus. Beginning April 25, the Regional Transportation District’s 15 line will no longer serve the 12th and Larimer stop. This change could mean longer walk times for students. According to Nate Currey, senior manager of public relations at RTD, the reason behind the stop’s closure is to give

Colfax riders access to Denver Union Station, where several new rail lines will be opening this year, making connections more efficient. “RTD also needed to give space, or capacity, at Auraria for the new routes 6 and 43 that will be going there starting April 24. Students still have the option to take the 15L to campus,” Currey said. However, the 15L (or limited) line will continue to serve the Auraria and 9th stop.

Students trying to reach the 15 line can board the 15L at Auraria and 9th, and then travel down to the Broadway and Colfax stop, which the 15 also serves. “If we’re forced to pay for it, we should have some sort of opinion on it ,” said John Tarr, an MSU Denver student who commutes via the 15 line. The new 15 line schedule published on the RTD website shows that the final stop of the bus line will move from 12th and

Larimer to Union Station. The new route going eastbound from Union will go down 17th Street to Broadway before turning onto and traveling down Colfax. Westbound trips will travel down Colfax before returning to Union Station via 15th St. “A lot of students take the bus,” said Zach Schuringa, a Denver resident planning to attend MSU Denver next semester. “I feel like any further changes would be inconvenient to students.”


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