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Center and Contemporary Learning Academy | This listing provides a simple overview of the transit service available for each of the Denver public high schools. For some schools where students travel long distances, focal points are identified where some of the best service is offered. These may be useful for parents who want to drop students off at a fixed site, or for students transferring from neighborhood collector routes. Information on the all routes is available in the Regional Transportation District’s website at: www.RTD-Denver.com. Definitions"Crosstown" in route names: This indicates a very long route that goes across the street number dividing lines (across Broadway east-west or from north to south addresses or vice versa), while bypassing Downtown Denver. These local routes are often very useful for school trips and can save students time. "Express" routes: This is extra-fare service that generally offers faster travel and more seating than on regular service. Students with school identification cards may use their DPS Student monthly passes or tickets for the Local fare equivalent value of 60¢ and then pay the cash "upgrade" of 75¢ where Express service is more convenient to them. This mainly affects the Montbello-Green Valley Ranch area for travel to distant schools involving Rtes 47X/48X and AF. "Interline" service: Some buses will operate a trip on one route, then switch onto another route to continue their service. Customers may remain on the bus and obtain a "one-seat" ride in that case, rather than having to transfer. Where large numbers of passengers would need to transfer at the same time, this is done to avoid overcrowding the next bus on a connecting route, and it provides a bonus for the high ridership group. "School Tripper": This is a streetcar-vintage term that has lasted as a useful way of describing extra service that is added to a regular transit route to benefit students and the general public. By definition, this extra service is open to all customers. School trippers are run when student demand is so high that it would otherwise overload the normal service. Because they are only needed to prevent overloads, they may be canceled when school is not in session. High School service descriptionsLincoln has few students living beyond the 3 ½ mile walk distance bus pass eligibility boundary, but due to its strategic location has already developed a large RTD ridership. Most students ride Rte 30 on South Federal, but last year an additional service was developed. After school, one "tripper" goes from the Federal/Evans bus hub along Federal Blvd., then turns east on Mississippi Avenue. It runs over Rte 14 to the I-25 & Broadway light rail station. This tripper is returning this year; the Rte 30 trippers are returning, too, but will have times adjusted to fit the new school start and end bell times. Lines serving Lincoln directly are:
Focal point: Federal & 14th southbound (bus shelter). Career Education Center and Contemporary Learning Academy: These schools, located near each other, are served by the same bus routes and both draw citywide. Therefore-- given their locations-- most of the student demand for transit service runs between Downtown Denver transfer points and their North Denver sites. As last year, there will be extra Rte 28B trips added at the end of school bell time for the CLA. This year, there will also be two more Rte 28 trips from Downtown Denver to the schools and an additional Rte 28 trip for the closing bell time at CEC. CEC students also use a Rte 31 tripper that starts southbound on Federal Blvd. at West 32nd Ave. Lines serving CEC and CLA within ½ mile are:
Focal point: 15th/Stout Sts. northbound (bus shelter). The arts program draws citywide, but because it includes a middle school component, yellow school bus service will be continued. Some pupils will choose to ride RTD buses. Lines serving the school within ½ mile are:
Focal point: Stapleton Transfer Station and 17th/Broadway eastbound (bus shelter). Because of its location, Denver East High already has a large number of students riding on RTD buses. As in previous years, a school tripper will be added to Rte 20, running eastbound after school. Lines serving the school are:
Over recent years, population growth in the Northeast, combined with attractive magnet programs, has led to a steady increase in the number of students riding on RTD buses to "GW". As in previous years, school trippers will be operated on Rte 65 with adjustments to fit class times. In addition, new trippers will "interline" from Montbello-Green Valley Ranch on Rte 45 to and from Rte 65, providing a single bus trip or a single transfer in Montbello for the large number of students in that community. Services that come within ½ mile of George Washington High are:
Focal point: Montbello park-n-Ride, Stapleton Transfer Station. Kennedy is positioned to serve students who reside in Denver’s far southwest. Barriers such as lakes, Bear Creek, and US285 make access difficult. Regular bus service in those communities runs toward employment and shopping centers, so the number of students traveling to that unusual location will require additional "interlined" trippers for the southwest Denver neighborhoods. These trips will start on one route and finish on another. Communities served by Wadsworth and Kipling routes will be covered by trippers running a combination of Rtes 100-27-30Ltd, those in Grant Ranch by a combination of Rtes 59-27-30, and in Bow Mar Park -- Pinehurst on Rte 51Ltd in the morning and a combined Rtes 30-51Ltd in the afternoon. Buses will display the sign of the route that they are going toward. For example, buses in the morning going toward Kennedy will display "30" or "30Ltd" as their route. Kennedy students began using RTD buses when cross-community busing for Globeville ended. School trippers on Rte 30Ltd and Rtes 51-30 that were developed for travel to and from the northeast will be restored in 2004. Regular service within 1/3 mile of John F. Kennedy High is available on: Focal point: Southwest Plaza transfer point (bus shelters), Avoca park-n-Ride, Federal/Evans hub. Manual offers diverse programs that draw most of its students from North and Northeast Denver. Many of its students live in a convenient walking environment, and it is one of two DPS schools within a ten minute walk of Light Rail service for those coming from outside of its attendance area. This allows its students to use regular service, but one afternoon school tripper on Rte 28 from the Contemporary Learning Academy to Stapleton Transfer Station has been designed to pass Manual at a convenient time for students. Regular service is provided within ½ mile of Manual High on:
Focal point: 30th & Downing Station, Stapleton Transfer Station. Montbello primarily serves the large student population in the far northeast areas of Denver. Students already use RTD service for short trips, but with additional students making the longer trip from Green Valley Ranch, school trippers running on Rte 45 will meet their needs. Students are also invited to use Rte 47X at the Local fare for travel between Green Valley Ranch and Montbello High School. Regular service within ½ mile of Montbello High is provided by:
Focal point: Montbello park-n-Ride, Airport Blvd/40th Ave park-n-Ride. Denver North High draws strongly from its surrounding North Denver neighborhoods. Some students travel on RTD from the outer parts of its attendance areas, and some travel to after-school jobs in other areas. Out-of-attendance-area pupils are served by frequent regular route buses passing this well-situated school. The afternoon school trippers on Rtes 31-52 and Rte 31 will be restored for 2004. Regular service within ¼ mile of North High is provided by:
Focal point: 15th/Stout Sts. northbound (bus shelter). Denver South High draws citywide. Students had already begun using RTD, especially after school, and that tripper service on Rte 11 will be restored in 2004. Additional Rte 11 trippers will be provided this year, taking new school schedules into account. In addition, Rtes 47X/48X provide fast connecting service from Green Valley Ranch and Montbello through Broadway/Stout transfers with Light Rail’s D-Line to Rte 11 or via Rte 12 at Civic Center Station to South High. Regular service within ½ mile of South High is provided by: Focal point: I-25 & Broadway Station. Thomas Jefferson is sited to serve the southernmost portions of Denver, but its programs draw pupils throughout the east side of the city. Student use of RTD has been focused on regular service at the closest points on Hampden Avenue, but with additional student ridership, selected school trippers on Rte 65 will go directly to and from the school. School trippers will operate interline service via Rtes 45-65 from Montbello to "TJ" from Montbello and Green Valley Ranch. Regular service is provided on Hampden Avenue by:
Focal point: Stapleton Transfer Station, Southmoor park-n-Ride. Denver West High serves two groups of students. It is the neighborhood school for communities in West Denver and it has an attractive magnet role that draws students citywide. It was previously served by one of the largest DPS yellow school bus operations, due to the difficulties involved in walking from most of its attendance area. It has an advantage for citywide students, as it is one of the two DPS high schools within a ten minute walk of Light Rail service and is also within a ten-minute walk of frequent Broadway bus lines. New school trippers will be introduced on Rte 1W (from West First Avenue, over the 8th Avenue Viaduct), Rte 9 (at its regular stops), and on Rte 50 (including an extension via Morrison Road to Kentucky/Sheridan in the Westwood neighborhood and including additional Downtown-West High trips.) Regular service for West High is offered within ½ mile on:
Focal point: I-25 & Broadway Station, Alameda Station, 17th/Champa Streets southbound, Broadway/Colfax southbound (bus shelter), Colfax at Auraria Station. |