RTD is spearheading an innovative concept

to identify, assess and train workers to move into careers on

the FasTracks program. The Workforce Initiative Now (WIN) program is a collaborative partnership that helps job seekers, companies and communities through career opportunities in the transportation and construction industries. A partnership of training and service providers – nonprofit organizations, community and technical colleges, industry training providers, small businesses, and the workforce development system

– collectively create a single effective outreach program that reduces training costs by focusing on shared needs. By leveraging existing resources and providing placement options for funded programs, these partners ensure training for entry-level and career advancement skills development in the transit and construction industries. WIN is currently working on transitioning participants into meaningful careers on RTD’s Eagle P3 project as well as construction jobs on associated transit-oriented development and housing projects.

Workforce Initiative Now (WIN)

PeopleWIN’s first priority is putting people to work. WIN provides potential workers with skills training, placement assistance and resources to help them secure industry positions with competitive wages and career possibilities.

ProjectsWIN works with businesses to identify needed skills, develop demand-driven custom training and job placement services, and leverage financial incentives, such as Work Opportunity Tax Credits and other on-the-job training funding sources.

PathwaysThrough a wide network of service providers, WIN works with local communities, governments and organizations to increase access to critical resources that promote job cre-ation, skills development, and social and economic growth.

FasTracks at work

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Creating our own Workforce

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FasTracks: Attracting Business to the RegionAccessibility. Options. Visibility. Incentives.

These words are important to businesses when deciding whether to set up shop in our region or somewhere else. FasTracks is still

being implemented, but already, RTD’s expanding transit system is attracting large and small employers to areas where future trains

will travel, providing customers, clients and employees with convenient transportation and attracting commerce to the area.

FasTracks is hard at work. Bridges are

going up. Stations are being built. Facilities

are expanding. Train tracks are being laid.

All across the metro area, you can see visible

signs of FasTracks putting tax dollars and

people to work. Once complete, the Regional

Transportation District’s FasTracks program

will provide 122 miles of new train service,

18 miles of bus rapid transit service, more

than 21,000 new parking spaces, redevelop

Denver Union Station and redirect bus

service to better connect the region.

FAsTRACks By The NumBeRs

7 Number of lines that will be under construction by the end of 2012

48 Number of miles of new lines under construction by the end of 2012

$2B Number of dollars injected into the local economy by the end of 2011

7,000Average number of jobs that will be created annually during peak construction

$1.5B Estimated amount of federal funds to be received

$10.1B Amount of spending that FasTracks is estimated to generate in Denver between 2005 and 2019

$150m Amount per year in wages and salaries that FasTracks is estimated to add to the metro Denver economy once construction is complete

600 Number of estimated jobs on the West Corridor

2,500 Number of direct and indirect jobs created during construction on the Eagle P3 project

“Our new St. Anthony Medical Campus in Lakewood will be served

by the new RTD West Rail Line opening in 2013. Not only will this

level of public transportation have a positive impact on the

environment and potentially help to decrease traffic congestion,

it will provide more options for our patients and their families to

access our campus and medical services. We also believe that

it will be a huge benefit to the employees who work on our

campus, and will serve as an important recruitment tool as

we hire more employees and health care professionals

in the future.”

Ryan Tobin, Administrator/Operations, St. Anthony Hospital

at Work

FasTrackswilladdthousandsofjobstothelocaleconomy,butnotallofthosearefromconstruction.Theimpactonthelocaljobmarketwillreachfarandwide,benefittingmanyindustriesandlocalcommunities.

DIReCT –FasTracks spending is used on capital investments such as purchasing trains, building stations, and constructing railways. The direct effect of this spending keeps construction workers employed here in Colorado.

INDIReCT–People who enable the direct spending on FasTracks are also employed because they supply goods and services such as train engines, steel for rails, and concrete for stations. These indirect effects are a result of the direct spending on capital projects like FasTracks.

INDuCeD –A wider group of people are also employed as construction workers, engineers and other professionals working on FasTracks who spend their paychecks on consumer goods at local retailers, restaurants, movie theaters and coffee shops. These are known as induced effects.

The joB ImpACTs oF FAsTRACks CAN Be gRoupeD INTo ThRee CATegoRIes:

Injecting Money and Jobs into the Economy“The light rail is really a blessing.

It is one of the most visionary

elements of progress to occur

in the Denver metro area. We

chose to build our Vallagio

development at I-25 and Dry

Creek because of its proximity

to the light rail. So many more

opportunities for economic

development will be available for

the region through FasTracks.

The benefits are endless.”

Peter Kudla, visionary behind the Vallagio at Inverness

Courtesy Metropolitan Homes

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