
As Coronavirus Guts Transportation, One Small Business Owner Stands to Lose Her Dream
After a divorce about a decade ago, Mary Claire Friesema was penniless. So poor, she says, she didn’t know where her next meal was coming from.

CDOT Says It’s Trying To Improve Accountability And Transparency After Critical Audit
The new measures come as the agency prepares to start new projects that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

If Coronavirus Sickens RTD’s Workforce, It Will Cut The Least Productive Routes First
RTD announced in February that it has stepped up the cleaning regimen for its buses and trains and that its pandemic plan would get an update (it was last refreshed in 2010 for H1N1).

Bill To Put Transportation Funding Measures In Hands Of Regional Governments Clears First Hurdle
A bill that would pave the way for state transportation projects to be funded a regional level advanced at the state legislature on Wednesday.

CDOT And State Patrol Would Like You To Stop Tailgating In The I-25 ‘Gap’ Construction Zone, Please
Most of the 388 crashes in the 18-mile stretch between Monument and Castle Rock happened when a driver rear-ended the vehicle in front of them.

RTD Board Gives Service Cuts Initial OK As It Grapples With Driver Shortage
If officials give the plan their final sign-off at a full board meeting later this month, RTD will reduce service on more than a dozen bus lines and two light rail lines.

RTD’s New Low-Income Rider Program Casts A Wide Net, But Many Of Denver’s Homeless Have Slipped Through
Changes at RTD could result in thousands fewer bus passes for the city’s poorest residents over the course of a year.

RTD Just Might Back Down From Some Of Its Proposed Service Cuts
RTD spared high-profile routes along West Colfax and from the Federal Center to downtown Denver.

Lawmakers Propose A State-Managed ‘Turnaround’ Plan For RTD
Democratic state Sen. Faith Winter compared the suggestions in the proposal to how turnaround school districts are managed.

People Seem To Like Riding The Bustang From Denver To Grand Junction, So CDOT Is Planning To Add Another Run
Revenue from the agency’s intra-city bus service is coming in $1.2 million higher than expected. That extra cash will help fuel the extra trip.

A Wider I-25 Could Be Coming. And CDOT May Soon Spend $50 Million To Start It
The parcel of Union Pacific land could also let RTD expand its tracks into downtown.

Now’s Your Chance To Tell RTD What You Think Of Its Plan For Service Cuts
Starting Wednesday, you’ll have more than 15 opportunities to relay those thoughts to RTD in person.

The Hunt for Vail’s Mega Lift Line: Will The Holiday Weekend Bring It Back?
A CPR News investigation.

You’ve Been Getting Up Earlier To Beat Colorado’s Hellacious Ski Traffic, Huh? So Has Everyone Else
“There is no silver bullet,” said CDOT’s chief engineer.

RTD Considers Firing Its Contractor On The Delayed N Line To Thornton
RTD says the earliest the line could open now is August.

As RTD ‘Reimagines’ Itself, Staff Warn ‘There Will Be Winners; There Will Be Losers’
The Regional Transportation District’s bus service could look very different a year from now.