Colorado

Long-Haul Bus

Demand Begets Supply of Long-Haul Buses in Colorado

New long-haul bus routes will connect cities located in the Arkansas Valley in Colorado starting early in 2018. More new lines will be added later in the year.

December 29, 2017 - The Denver Post

Denver Region

Funding Support Builds Momentum for a Community Land Trust in Denver

The newly formed and funded Elevation Community Land Trust will become the largest community land trust in Colorado.

December 24, 2017 - The Denver Post

Downtown Denver

Colorado DOT Issues Final Report on Road Usage Charge Pilot Program

Most of the 150 volunteers who participated in the 4-month program were pleased. Simulated invoices charged for vehicle-miles traveled after gas taxes paid were credited. Three technologies, including one with GPS, were available to record mileage.

December 19, 2017 - The Denver Post

Image of transit oriented development around Union Station in Denver.

When Post-Recession Development Causes Political Controversy

Denver provides a case study of a city's politics reckoning with the pace of development in a post-recession real estate market.

December 13, 2017 - The Denver Post

E-470 Toll

Strong Opposition to Toll Lane Additions Expressed in Colorado

It's not the widening of Interstate 25 that rattled attendees of the public meeting held by the Colorado Department of Transportation on Dec. 7—it's the fact that that they would have to pay to use the new lanes.

December 11, 2017 - Fox21 News

Denver Biking

Denver Proposes Ambitious Citywide Pedestrian and Trail Plan

The Denveright planning process kicked off in Spring 2016 with a goal to complete four citywide plans on the subjects of land use, mobility, parks, and recreational resources.

December 5, 2017 - The Denver Post

Granny Flats for Affordable Housing in West Denver

Like many of the country's sunny and popular cities, Denver is struggling to house its people. Accessory dwelling units, otherwise known as Granny Flats, could be part of a solution to that problem.

December 2, 2017 - The Denver Post

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder Buying More Open Space

Boulder is expanding the portfolio of the city's Open Space and Mountain Parks.

November 23, 2017 - The Denver Post

Tiny Home

Tiny Home Villages: Who Will Host Them?

Imagine if hosting a transitional tiny home village for the homeless became the norm for all suitable vacant land?

November 21, 2017 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

RTD Bus

Denver Bus Driver Shortage Disrupting Service

If there was a Bronco's game on Sunday, you might be late to work Monday, because RTD doesn't have the drivers to cover both rushes.

November 20, 2017 - Streetsblog Denver

Denver

Details of Denver's Voter-Approved $937 Million Bond Package

A long list of projects—from roads to projects to libraries and other cultural facilities—will benefit from a $937 million bond initiative approved by voters earlier this month in Denver.

November 14, 2017 - The Denver Post

Colorado Voters OK New Toll Lanes on Interstate 25 by Passing Two Measures

Colorado Springs and El Paso County voters agreed to add the highway widening to a list of projects that a regional transportation authority can fund. They passed an additional funding measure enabling county funds to be spent rather than refunded.

November 9, 2017 - The Gazette

South Platte River

Bridges to Prosperity's First U.S. Span Planned in Denver

Part of wider plans to revitalize Denver's River North neighborhood, a planned pedestrian and bike bridge will call on the services of Bridges to Prosperity. The nonprofit has constructed 270 small bridges across the world.

November 6, 2017 - The Denver Post

Denver Light Rail

Denver-Area Transit Users Can Use Smartphones to Pay Their Fare

The Regional Transportation District hopes that the ability to pay transit fares by smartphone will remove the frustration of waiting in line and searching for correct change.

November 5, 2017 - The Denver Post

More Privacy Added to Denver's Tiny Homes Village

Tiny homes have an appeal that might be hard to admit—either for living vicariously or for less respectful reasons, people want to watch other people live small.

October 31, 2017 - The Denver Post

Nuclear Weapons Plant

Report: Benefits in the Billions for a New Highway Through the Denver Suburbs

The proposed 10-mile Jefferson Parkway expansion would cross land once home to the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant—site of one of the country's largest environmental crimes.

October 31, 2017 - The Denver Post

Dangerous Intersection Gets an Overpass and a Cap Park in Golden, Colorado

The city of Golden, Colorado celebrated the opening of the Linking Lookout earlier in October

October 29, 2017 - The Denver Post

Sidewalk Closed

The Real First-Last Mile Solution: Fix the Sidewalks

Upgrading sidewalks on the way to transit stations could make a difference in cities facing declining transit ridership.

October 27, 2017 - TransitCenter

Southwest Chief

An Amtrak Train Runs Through Them

Efforts to ensure that Amtrak's Southwest Chief continues its current route through three states has united more than 20 small communities in New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.

October 26, 2017 - The Denver Post

Denver's November Election Will Answer Big Questions About the Built Environment

The Denver Post gives a preview of some of the big questions facing Denver voters in November.

October 8, 2017 - The Denver Post

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