
I-70 Is Crowded. So, Why Can’t CDOT Just Build More I-70s Out Of Fort Collins And Colorado Springs?
Interstate 70 in the mountains is probably jammed up right now. Yes, right now.

CDOT Is Close To Buying An Old Train Yard Near Downtown Denver That Would Open Up Big Transportation Possibilities
Union Pacific’s historic Burnham Yard, sandwiched between Interstate 25 and the Lincoln Park neighborhood, has sat empty since it closed in 2016.

A Vote On Front Range Rail Could Come In 2020
That would be a quick turnaround, especially considering a study to answer basic questions about a proposal rail line won’t be done for more than a year.

RTD’s Getting Closer To Doing Something With That Empty Lot At Broadway And Colfax
The city and county of Denver has stepped in and offered to cover RTD’s annual $123,000 lease.

Hickenlooper’s Entry Into Senate Race Quickly Ushers Out Three Candidates Who’d Raised Money Well
Two have already endorsed Hickenlooper.


RTD’s Light Rail Meltdown Today Took Some Riders By Surprise. Here’s How To Avoid That Next Time
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Just In Time To Go See Some Fall Colors, Cottonwood Pass Will Soon Be Fully Open For The First Time In 2 Years
The road, which tops out at 12,126 feet, has been closed since spring 2017.

A 1% Growth Limit Across The Front Range Could Be Up For Vote On Your 2020 Ballot
The proposed ballot measure would cap the number of residential building permits that local governments could issue.

Your Ideas To Fix RTD: Cheaper, Faster, More Frequent Bus And Train Service
They’re good ideas, and RTD’s thought about them too. Here’s everything standing in their way.

RTD Works To ‘Re-Imagine’ Its Future Amid Declining Ridership
RTD’s ridership has fallen five percent over the last few years, even as more people move to the area the transit agency serves. CPR’s transportation reporter Nathaniel Minor wanted to know why, and what RTD plans to do about it.

Lakewood Mostly Closes A Loophole For New Growth Limit, For Now
Initiative 200 exempted “blighted’ areas from the limit, but it did not define what blight means, so city council moved to decide.

Traffic Is Awful And Yet RTD’s Ridership Is Down. How Would You Make It Better?
In an effort to understand the disconnect, we wandered around downtown Denver to ask people why they don’t use RTD.

Should RTD Cover Lots Of Ground Or Focus On High-Density Corridors? We Asked All 15 RTD Board Members
The question is top of mind as ridership continues to fall significantly over the last few years, down 5 percent from 2015.

The Proposal To Repeal TABOR Could Go Back To The Supreme Court — Again
The liberal-leaning Colorado Fiscal Institute is working toward a 2020 ballot measure to repeal the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

New Signs, In-Cab Alerts Aim To Keep Truckers Safe On Colorado’s Perilous Mountain Roads
Colorado Department of Transportation, the Colorado State Patrol and a handful of industry groups have announced a slate of new safety features for the state’s mountain roads.

Colorado Springs Built More Bike Lanes. Then Came the Backlash
As more people move into the Front Range, city planners consider ways to get people out of their cars. The change isn’t always welcome.