transportation

Sans Car

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Hali Young

With increasing opportunities for public transit in the last decade, many have taken to the streets with bus pass, bike or sturdy walking shoes in possession. But what else do you need? Reflective gear: “Whether you’re biking or walking, be…

Magazine

Down The Road: Ten Transportation Issues Impacting You in the Next 10 Years

April 15, 2011 Like 1 James Burrus

Getting around Metro Denver and the Front Range is getting easier every day. But making faster progress may mean digging in to our collective couches for the pocket change to make it happen. In the next 10 years, transportation issues…

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Cruise Control

April 15, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

A few years back, I interviewed a woman who had a degenerative eye disease that took her vision slowly and awkwardly. Several accidents ensured her vision constantly changed—partially blind in her right eye, mostly blind in her left eye, and…

Closing Scene

RTD Has No Cushion

October 18, 2010 Like 0 James Burrus

The sluggish recovery from the financial meltdown of 2007-08 doesn’t feel like a recovery at all; lots of people and institutions are still being fiscally flogged. And as institutions go, Denver’s Regional Transportation District is feeling the pain like no…

Features

On the Road

November 11, 2009 Like 2 Andra Coberly

People in the alternative transportation sector talk about motivation in terms of cost-benefit ratios and environmental and economic influences.

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Boulder County Issues

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

Yes on ballot issue 1A Open space tax extension You are already paying this 0.10 percent sales tax. Why? Because you love open space and want to leave a legacy of preservation for decades to come. Voting ‘yes’ extends the…

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Lafayette Races

November 3, 2007 Like 1 editor

A City On The Brink A lot has been said recently about Lafayette’s “friendliness” to some of the big box retailers. (See Lowe’s, Super Wal-Mart.) The city desperately needs to pump up its retail sales tax base, but it can’t…

Boiling Point

Pay Your Way Out Of Traffic

August 1, 2007 2 0 editor

About the worst way to view the beloved foothills behind Boulder is while sitting in bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic on U.S. 36. Transportation gurus have bounced around ideas to ease the traffic, and two have made the cut. One includes,…

Boiling Point

Another Stalled Train

July 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Apparently, RTD’s $4.7-billion FasTracks project will fall short of expectations no matter what. First, stories of budget issues for the project that will bring more than 100 miles of train service to the metro area sprouted—officials have toyed with scaling…