- 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?
- Pedestrian deaths in Colorado reached an all-time high of 115 last year.
- 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.
- Students and parents of Brown International Academy biked to class together this week.
- 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.
- A bare-bones rail line would share track with freight trains and operate only up to six trips a day.
- But planners aren’t certain they’ll be ready by next year.
- 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 Twin Cities favor speedy, cheap-to-build bus lines over trains. Transportation officials in Denver are borrowing the blueprint.
- 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.
- More bus and train service is a top priority for the bill’s sponsors. Legislators are unhappy with stalled projects like the Boulder train.
- The Board of Directors passed the new fare structure Tuesday.
- 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.
