A lower speed limit could be coming to a Colorado road near you
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.
Interview: Front Range Rail planners want to start with bare-bones service. Here’s what else you need to know
A bare-bones rail line would share track with freight trains and operate only up to six trips a day.
Gov. Polis pushing for Front Range rail vote in 2024
But planners aren’t certain they’ll be ready by next year.
Colorado will give you $6K for your old gas-guzzler starting this week
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.
For a peek at Denver’s rapid bus future, look to Minneapolis
The Twin Cities favor speedy, cheap-to-build bus lines over trains. Transportation officials in Denver are borrowing the blueprint.
Polis signs executive order to boost affordable housing
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.
As frustrations with RTD simmer, key Colorado lawmaker working on bill to boost funding and accountability
More bus and train service is a top priority for the bill’s sponsors. Legislators are unhappy with stalled projects like the Boulder train.
RTD is cutting fares for the first time in decades
The Board of Directors passed the new fare structure Tuesday.
Attention reckless I-70 toll lane drivers: The sensors and cameras are here and the fines are coming
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.
Listen: Michael Hancock gave Denver a bold ‘Vision Zero’ goal of eliminating traffic deaths. Here’s why it failed
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.
Polis signs bill allowing more speed cameras across Colorado
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.
Got a fleet of polluting vehicles? Colorado has millions of dollars to help you shift to EVs
The state of Colorado wants to give away $7 million to businesses, local governments, nonprofits and other entities that want to electrify their vehicle fleets.
RTD wants to expand its summer free fare program this year
RTD staff are also proposing a year-long free-ride program for youth.
Bill to allow more speed cameras in Colorado heads to Polis’ desk
Sponsors say they tried to “thread the needle” of safety needs and civil liberties.
Colorado House committee advances a partially restored land use bill
Dozens of local elected officials, advocates for business, environmental and other interests, and members of the public testified for and against the bill for about six hours.
Polis’ land use bill aimed to blunt climate change. Conservation groups say watering it down is a ‘huge disappointment’
Gov. Jared Polis’ overhaul of land use policies was seen as transformative, but changes to the bill have many worried it won’t do what Polis initially promised.