| Denver Transit-Oriented Development Strategic Plan |
| Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) |
| Denver, Colorado | August 2005 | to | present |
| Strategic Economics, in partnership with the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), is currently working |
| with the City of Denver to create a TOD Strategic Plan. When the entire Denver metro-region transit system is |
| built out, the City of Denver will have more than 30 transit stations within its boundaries. The Strategic Plan will |
| provide the City with clear direction on the short, medium, and long-term actions it must take to optimize the |
| opportunity for TOD at each station. The Plan will help the City allocate resources so that stations with near-term |
| potential are able to move forward with current market forces, while long-term development opportunities are not |
| foreclosed at stations where current market conditions are weak. |
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| As part of this process, the CTOD is also working with the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) to ensure |
| clear, consistent communication and effective coordination between the City's land use policies and the transit |
| agencies’ ridership expectations. Although this effort does not include considerable real estate market analysis, |
| Strategic Economics has already developed an estimate of demand for TOD housing in the Denver region through |
| the report "Hidden in Plain Sight" published by the C-TOD in September 2004. While the data are somewhat |
| outdated based on the passage of the FasTracks ballot measure, the report concludes that there will be strong |
| demand for housing near transit over the next 25 years. |