Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Bustang

Colorado’s Bus Driver Shortage. Part 1: The Problem

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 26, 2019 | 7 Comments

In Denver and across Colorado, transit officials can’t hire enough people to drive buses and operate trains. Without drivers, some buses and trains never leave the station or service is cut.

Behold the beauty of the bus. Photo: CDOT

Bustang Works and CDOT Should Expand the Service Throughout the Region

By David Sachs | Oct 20, 2017 | 3 Comments

When the Colorado Department of Transportation stops planning for cars and focuses on moving people via bus, it actually does a pretty good job.

CDOT Chief Shailen Bhatt on Widening I-70, Traffic Deaths, Bikes, and Transit

By David Sachs | Dec 2, 2015 | 3 Comments

Yesterday Streetsblog Denver published the first half of our interview with Shailen Bhatt, the head of Colorado’s Department of Transportation, in which he talked about CDOT’s changing role in a changing Denver. Bhatt isn’t your average DOT leader — or at least he doesn’t sound like one. He talks about complete streets a lot, and […]

It’s Weird That For Some, Having Choices Doesn’t Constitute Freedom

By David Sachs | Nov 12, 2015 | No Comments

If you have a minute, this video is good for a laugh. In it, Independence Institute President Jon Caldara says the Colorado Department of Transportation has been “infected by mission creep.” How? By investing money in transit and bicycle infrastructure. Caladra is referring to CDOT’s new regional bus service, Bustang, and Governor John Hickenlooper’s commitment to spend […]