| For the past two decades, the Denver metropolitan region has grown substantially in population and employment. The population of the nine-county Denver region is projected to increase approximately 50 percent from 2.7 million people in 2007 to 3.9 million in 2030, creating roughly 800,000 new jobs.
To respond to the projected growth in travel demand associated with the population and employment growth, and to reduce the number of single occupant vehicles on our roadways, a number of transportation planning studies completed for the region identified the following alternative transportation mode solutions for several major transportation corridors: 
- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
- Light Rail Transit (LRT)
- Passenger Rail
- High-Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) Lanes
- Other Transportation System Capacity Improvements
The proposed transportation improvements would help relieve traffic congestion, improve air quality, and provide additional mode options for the traveling public. These studies have assumed, and the solutions depend on, the development of an expanded multimodal transportation center at DUS.
With an expanded multimodal center, an opportunity exists to provide effective connections between the various transportation modes and services planned to serve DUS. These modal and service connections are expected to improve regional mobility and provide greater access to employment, community services, and other regional destinations. Implicit in such an expansion effort is the need for safe, convenient, and attractive pedestrian connections between transportation modes and various off-site destinations.
 It is also anticipated that improved transit connections to the region will increase transit use due to the variety of services offered, the multiple destinations served, the ease of transfers, and the improved passenger convenience. Without such an expanded multimodal center, current and planned transportation services would be limited.
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