While high-speed rail remains a far-off notion [2] for the United States, local organizations are having a difficult time figuring out exactly where metro-area residents stand on the expansion of light rail. Facing a shortage of more than $2 billion to complete six new train lines and make improvements [3], the Regional Transportation District will determine tomorrow whether to ask voters for another sales tax increase this November (Denver Post [4]). A train station planned for a Denver International Airport terminal is part of the new East Corridor [5] line, but RTD officials are worried it's at risk of missing its construction deadline—despite the airport's manager saying otherwise (Post [6]).

As for the lines already in operation, Denver and Lakewood residents along the West Corridor [7] are hoping the Public Utilities Commission will allow RTD to minimize the noise from its warning systems (bells and horns on the gates) with a "quieter" approach (Post [8]). Meanwhile, D4 Urban is figuring out how to develop the land it has purchased between the stations at Alameda and Broadway/I-25 (Post [9]). So far, the multi-use plans include a combination of education, office, and retail space, along with hotel rooms and residences, over an area "roughly the size of Lower Downtown or Cherry Creek North."