The Denver Post reports that some RTD directors are upset over a proposal to eliminate moving walkways from a combination underground bus station and passageway linking planned light-rail and commuter-rail platforms at Denver’s Union Station.

“It’s the same kind of bait and switch” as when the light-rail platform was moved 2 1/2 blocks west of Union Station in the redevelopment design for the area, said board member Wally Pulliam. The moving sidewalks are supposed to make the transfer between the light-rail and commuter-rail stations easier for commuters, Pulliam said.

The Denver Union Station Project Authority, which is planning the $480 million remake of the station area as part of FasTracks, says the underground bus station linking the two rail facilities is too narrow and crowded for the currently designed moving walkways and they likely will increase congestion for pedestrians.

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