Wednesday’s Headlines

Why was a woman ejected from a light rail vehicle that derailed? Aurora police and RTD are investigating. (Fox 31)

Denver’s buses and trains are not useful to most people. A new book shows why. (Streetsblog Denver)

RTD launched autonomous bus. (9 News)

“Is it really going to be in my lifetime?” Arvada residents wonder when RTD’s G-Line will open. (Denver7)

Winter Bike to Work Week starts Monday; Denver and Boulder rank second and third for participation. (Daily Camera)

People love it: Telluride redesigned its local transit network to increase frequency and make routes easier to understand without a map. (Telluride Daily Planet)

Longmont woman citied under Colorado’s cycling under the influence law. (Patch.com)

Whoopie Goldberg’s anti-bike lane rant exposes “widespread skepticism and hostility towards massive expenditures of tax dollars on multimodal transportation infrastructure for bikes, trains and buses,” including in progressive Boulder. (Daily Camera)

Colorado car dealers sue to stop state from adopting more stringent California emissions standards. (Denver Post)

California’s standards are anti-American? “A fundamentally-American freedom is under attack,” writes Tim Jackson, who runs the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, in an op-ed. (Denver Post)

Following California’s lead, Utah is considering withholding transportation funding from communities that don’t do more to encourage affordable housing. (Salt Lake Tribune)

You can learn to drive a steam train during a four-day class at remote Cumbres & Toltec engineer and fireman school near the Colorado-New Mexico border (CPR).

Or just watch this gorgeous 10-minute video. (National Geographic)

National headlines at Streetsblog USA.