Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) and its partners welcomed hundreds of guests May 9 to ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the Union Station Bus Concourse—part of the multimodal Union Station Transit Center. The agency entered the 22-gate, underground facility into service two days later. Joining RTD General Manager Phillip Washington, foreground, in a “selfie” at the event are Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, far left; Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), between Hickenlooper and Washington; FRA Administrator Joseph Szabo, to Washington’s right; and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, to Szabo’s right. The historic Union Station building will reopen in July with retail and restaurant space, a 112-room hotel, and connections to RTD light rail, future commuter rail, and Amtrak. |