Nathaniel Minor is a journalist for CPR News specializing in transportation and growth issues.
Professional background: Nathaniel joined Colorado Public Radio in 2014 and has also published award-winning stories and documentaries on racism and power in a small Colorado town; the birth, victory and gutting of Colorado’s unique taxing law; and the trauma survivors are still feeling decades after the Columbine shooting. Nathaniel came to CPR from Minnesota Public Radio, where he began his career.
Education: Bachelor’s degrees in sociology and journalism, University of St. Thomas.
Awards:
In 2013, Nathaniel won two fellowships to report abroad. He traveled to Nigeria to report on agriculture, development and food for MPR and the Splendid Table. Later that year, he reported from Vienna, Austria on European Union trade issues for local newspapers.
Nathaniel was also part of MPR’s award-winning digital team, which won two prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards for best website in the country for large market radio.
It’s the question on the mind of Colorado boarders and skiers who aren’t lucky enough to live west of Idaho Springs. Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill is deep into a $700 million multi-year highway expansion project. So is ski traffic going to suck this season?
The governor and backers are building support for a potential passenger train between Pueblo and Fort Collins, which would face voters and a narrow window for federal funding.
The Regional Transportation District’s top financial staffers presented a dour budget forecast to their board of directors earlier this month, but the data didn't add up.
The state has a new way of determining how fast is too fast to drive on state-controlled roads and highways. It almost always leads to lower speed limits.
Vehicle Exchange Colorado participants will receive point-of-sale rebates of $6,000 toward the purchase or lease of a new electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle or $4,000 in discounts for a used one.
The order will have less impact than the land use bill that failed at the Capitol, but the governor says state agencies will speed up loans and grants for affordable housing.
Fines for using the lanes while they are closed, weaving in and out of them, or driving an oversized vehicle in them will start at $75 and increase to $150 after 20 days.
In the six full years since the city committed to Vision Zero, more than 400 people have died in traffic, and there’ve been more than 2,000 crashes causing serious injuries.
The bill allows local governments to use such cameras in more places, including busy — and deadly — arterial roads like Federal Boulevard in the Denver area.