Media Room
Announcements
Apr 10, 2012
Groundbreaking Partnership on Transit
Calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the region,” an unprecedented local partnership of private, philanthropic and nonprofit leaders was joined by Mayor Michael Hancock to outline how a smart expansion of Denver’s transit system can greatly increase access to opportunity and strengthen quality of life for all local residents, including low-income communities.
The partnership, known as Mile High Connects, also used the event to formally release its Regional Equity Atlas, a comprehensive study that visually conveys where critical points of opportunity—like schools, jobs, health care, and housing—lie in relation to the current transit system in the Denver Metro region. The report will serve as the basis of the partnership’s work to ensure that low-income residents can use Metro Denver’s expanded mass transit system to connect to these areas.
