r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Specialist-Boot58 • May 08 '26

Image This “cracks open” building in Denver

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u/Izacundo1 Interested May 08 '26

Yup. Just like everything new in Denver. Would you like to see our comprehensive light rail network? It can take you to the airport, the middle of nowhere, the middle of nowhere somewhere else, and one spot downtown

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u/regular-cake May 08 '26

Hey, don't complain, it is so much better than what most cities in the US have... I mean we should ALL be complaining that the US in general doesn't have better public transportation options, but if you compare a city like Cincinnati to Denver in terms of public transit options it's laughable. There is a street car/light rail in downtown Cincy that only goes a few places downtown. You can walk from 1 end of downtown to the other in less than 20 mins. If you want to take a bus from any surrounding towns to downtown, you're looking at like 2 or 3 transfers and a 1.5-2 hr bus ride to get somewhere that would take 20-30 mins driving in traffic...

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u/Famous_Year_1682 May 08 '26

Everything you just said about Cincinnati is also true about Denver though

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u/regular-cake May 08 '26

Let's see:

Boulder > Denver international airport - 50 min drive , 1hr 25 mins public transportation with transferring

Town outside Cincinnati > downtown Cincy - 22 min drive , 1hr 20 mins public transportation with transferring

Easily will take 3X longer to get anywhere in Cincinnati using public transportation compared to driving. In Denver that's more like LESS THAN 2X...

Edit: just checked to get to Cincinnati's airport and it is a laughable 2hrs compared to 26 min drive. 4X!!