DENVER (AP) — The Regional Transportation District board is set to take a final vote this week on a new policy designed to encourage more housing to be built on the agency’s property near its stations across the Denver metro area.
Colorado Public Radio reports the new policy has a non-binding goal that 35 percent of all housing units built on RTD property be affordable.
It also would give RTD staff more flexibility to allow housing developments that don’t include a garage to replace every parking spot they use.
The agency’s own research suggests people who live in affordable housing need less parking and use transit more.
