Making tracksDenverÔÇÖs Regional Transportation District puts light rail expansion on the fast track, Jenn Monroe reports. When first introduced, light rail was not an easy sell in the greater Denver area. Bill Van Meter was a junior transportation planner for the Regional Transportation District of Denver at the time. ÔÇ£When we started the central corridor, one of the big challenges was proving the concept,ÔÇØ he remembers.