Gold Line Advisory Committee

Appointed by City Council in June 2001 as the Light Rail Transit Advisory Committee, the group now known as the Arvada Gold Line Advisory Committee, is charged with helping build support for light rail in Arvada, and for advising the City Council on important issues concerning fixed transit in Arvada. The goal of the committee is to present Arvada citizens with a complete, thorough and concise explanation of the Gold Line corridor and RTD's FasTracks program.

The Arvada Gold Line is one of eight Metro Denver corridor projects in the RTD FasTracks program. In the 2000 Major Investment Study the Gold Line was proposed as an 11-mile, double track light rail system that would extend along the existing BNSF railroad corridor in Arvada from the Downtown Denver Union Terminal west to I-70 and Ward Road park-n-ride. RTD is currently conducting an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) on the corridor for fixed transit service.

RTD's FasTracks is a comprehensive, 12-year Metro Denver transportation program, designed to improve and expand all forms of rapid transit, including local, regional and express buses, circulators, call-n-Ride, and access-a-Ride services. The program is designed to improve and enhance park-n-Rides, access to and from bus terminals, light rail and commuter rail services, and pedestrian and bicycle access to transit stations in the metropolitan Denver area.

Arvada's Gold Line corridor is slated to serve commuters who live and work in Arvada and other Jefferson County cities. It will also serve commuters who live and work in Denver. The plan proposes a total of eight new transit stations to be built from Downtown Denver west to the I-70 and Ward Road park-n-ride. The plan calls for four stations to be built to service the Arvada community at locations in Olde Town, Ridge Home, I-70 and Ward Road, and 58th & Sheridan.