{"id":5255,"date":"2014-11-19T22:19:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T05:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2014-11-19T22:19:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T05:19:57","slug":"residents-less-than-two-years-away-from-no-longer-having-to-ask-friends-for-rides-to-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"Residents Less Than Two Years Away from No Longer Having to Ask Friends for Rides to Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rides-to-airport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rides-to-airport-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"rides to airport\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5256\" \/><\/a>When the East Rail Line project was first announced, it seemed like forever before passengers would be able to enjoy the convenience of a non-stop, speedy ride to the airport.  Well, forever is now less than two years away, as the East Rail Line project is set to open for passengers in the summer of 2016, according to a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/frontporchstapleton.com\/article\/east-rail-cars-now-test-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Front Porch article<\/a>.  \u201cI wish they would quit talking about it because then I get excited and realize it is still about two years away,\u201d said resident Mike McDonald.  \u201cI\u2019ll completely forget about it, and then when I hear about it again, I get sad it\u2019s still a ways out.\u201d\n<!--more-->\nThe best thing for residents is that they will no longer have to ask friends for rides to and from the airport.  \u201cWe kind of have a little circle of us that takes each other to the airport and picks each other up,\u201d says Kristen Doyle.  \u201cNo one seems to mind, but you definitely feel bad when you have to ask.  So, as much as it is not that big of a deal now, it will be even less of a deal asking someone to drive you five minutes to the station.\u201d\nMany other residents use a similar system as Doyle.  \u201cWhen you have kids, it is not necessarily about paying the money for parking,\u201d says Brad Lewis.  \u201cFinding a parking spot, and then grabbing all of your kids and bags and strollers, and getting them to the actual airport is such a pain.  So, it is much better to be dropped at the door.\u201d  Resident Megan Closson says that saving the money is also nice.  \u201cIf you are visiting family for a week, you can end up paying $100 for parking,\u201d says Closson.  \u201cPlus, you are paying for your seats on the plane, luggage, rental car, etc.  If you can even save that $100, it is nice.\u201d\nThe Line will also bring passengers to downtown, which is exciting for residents.  \u201cSome of us in Stapleton still leave here every once in a while,\u201d says Aaron Farrell.  \u201cSo, to have the option of a cheap quick ride to get something to eat in the city or go to a ballgame is going to be great.\u201d  The East Rail line has had a pretty smooth ride so far in regards to Stapleton projects.  Complaints regarding how the line will affect our pristine community have been few and far between.  However, objections are expected to dramatically increase in the spring of 2016.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-93","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}