- Speeding up the installation of bus rapid transit corridors and building more multimodal projects like bike lanes and sidewalks are on the table to meet emissions goals.
- CDOT will add two daily round trips to each of its main Bustang routes this summer if the expansion proposal is approved.
- Colorado leaders hope free transit can clear the state’s dirty air. They tried that 40 years ago, too — and it didn’t work.
- Opponents of the proposal say they hope city leaders learn from those results and now start to trust and respect their constituents who have long opposed it.
- The vote over the fate of a development project comes as Glenwood Springs, like many other communities in Colorado, is undergoing rapid change and rising costs.
- Some opponents, including Louisville Mayor Ashley Stolzmann, had hoped a “no” vote would force Brue Baukol back to the drawing board.
- The Redtail Ridge project would develop a 389-acre site just to the northwest of U.S. 36 and Northwest Parkway. But first, the votes have to be counted.
- “Idaho stops” help cyclists limit the amount of time they spend at intersections. Cyclists of color allowing the stops in Colorado would also give police one less reason to harass them.
- Safety advocates are pushing officials to put pedestrians’ needs front and center — and they are finding new ways to get their message out.
- The Nikola Tre BEV semi-truck has a range of 350 miles and charges in about 200 minutes.
- The contract includes a 16 percent pay raise this year and two additional 4 percent bumps in 2023 and 2024.
- The Regional Transportation District could save up to $120 million over the next 22 years by refinancing some of its billions of dollars in loans.
- Cleaning up buses, tractor-trailers and delivery trucks would go a long way toward improving air quality and lowering climate emissions in Colorado.
- Is there hope on the horizon for the Boulder train? Or is it time to let go of those plans?
- The unfinished train line from Denver to Boulder and Longmont has badly damaged RTD’s reputation among state leaders, local officials and taxpayers.
- Today’s episode is a special preview of another CPR News podcast called Ghost Train.
