Transportation in the Denver is provided by the comprehensive transit system, airports, and along with that, an advance network of freeways, highways, and intercity streets. The Michigan Department of Transport look over the transportation facilities of Denver making sure that everyone was obeying the rules and that all the services were working in perfect condition so that nobody has to face any problem.
Denver has a complex but effective system of freeways that allows a person to go anywhere in the city without facing any problems and wasting time. In addition to that these freeways and interconnecting roads are all toll free. The freeway has named routes rather than numbered routes as it happens in most of the cities. In addition to that, taxis and rent a car services are readily available for the people to use to move to any place they want to in the city. Moving on to the airport of Denver; named Denver Metropolitan Airport. This is the largest and most modernized airport of America having state of art facilities for the travelers and the staff both. This airport also have airplane maintenance center situated within the vicinity. Thus these facilities along with some other ones make it the most advanced airport of America.
The transit system of Denver consists of buses, people mover, intercity rail, Woodward light rail, SEMCOG commuter rail. The SMART is the public transit operator which serves the suburban areas of the city, along with SMART, there is another department called DDOT which is responsible for providing transit services in the city and downtown. Thus these two system work together efficiently to provide people transportation through the transportation system. Denver people mover is a monorail system which operates in the loop. This service is however only provided in the business sector of the city. It is 2.9 miles long. Then there is intercity rail system is also present which allows the people to travel to surrounding countries like Canada, Pontiac etc. Woodward light rail is a suggested project which is under construction at the moment and is expected to be completed in 2013. It would be serving the downtown and several other important sectors of the city.
SEMCOG is another commuter rail project which is proposed by the department of transportation to improve the services of transportation. The tracks will be laid between Denver and Ann Arbor. The completion was expected in October 2010; however the project was kept on hold by the government and still is. There is estimated date that when will it start again and be completed. However, according to the plans the route would extend over 38.5 miles. Apart from all these things the people of Denver also love bi-cycling. A major portion of people still use these to travel to their offices, schools, universities etc. thus the city has special roads which are safe from the cars and reserved only for bicyclers. Moreover in the near future it is expected that this network would expand even more to meet the demands of the people.
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