Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Highway Expansion

I-25 viewed from the 16th Street pedestrian bridge. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Commentary: Before Changing I-25 in Denver, Is CDOT Really Listening?

By Andy Bosselman | Jun 7, 2019 | 21 Comments

Officials from the Colorado Department of Transportation showed off ideas to fix a dangerous, congested stretch of Interstate 25 that passes through Central Denver. Despite the agency’s recent announcement of a statewide “listening tour,” the highway agency has already ruled out the most progressive concept it considered: Tearing down the highway and replacing it with an urban boulevard.

A Taiwan High Speed Rail train emerges from a tunnel during a test run on June 24th, 2006. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Expert: Colorado Should Build High-Speed Rail Along I-25

By Andy Bosselman | Jun 3, 2019 | 8 Comments

As Colorado studies rail options along the congested I-25 corridor, experts say few would ride options slower than high-speed rail. But a well-funded anti-rail cabal is likely to defeat any push for bullet trains.

After Study of High-Speed Rail Along Front Range, Slower, Cheaper Trains More Likely

By Andy Bosselman | May 30, 2019 | 39 Comments

As soon as next year, voters could approve a passenger rail line that would extend along the Front Range from Pueblo and Colorado Springs to Boulder and Fort Collins, with other stops along the way.

Shoshana Lew, executive director of CDOT, outside of the agency's headquarters on May 20. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman

To People Who Walk, Bike and Ride Transit: CDOT Is Listening

By Andy Bosselman | May 20, 2019 | 7 Comments

Transportation officials launched a statewide listening tour that will give Coloradans the chance to sound off on where limited state transportation dollars should be spent. But even in the heavily car-dependent Centennial State, officials at the state’s highway agency say they want to talk about walking, biking and transit.

I-70 traffic viewed from the Purina plant on Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. Image: CDOT.

Oakland Plans to Tear Down Major Freeway While Denver Keeps Expanding I-70

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 18, 2019 | 38 Comments

Why is Denver still expanding I-70? The move to tear down I-980 in Oakland shows that forward-thinking officials elsewhere get it: The problems associated with mega-motorways in urban neighborhoods outweigh the benefits.

This Interstate 70 viaduct cuts through the Denver neighborhoods of Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville. It will be torn down expanded to a 14-lane sunken freeway. Photo: CDOT.

Report: Expanding I-70 Is out of Step With Polis’ Goals

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 3, 2019 | 37 Comments

A new report calls for the removal of America's 10 worst urban highways, including Interstate 70 through Denver’s mostly Latino neighborhoods of Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville. Local activists see the report as a chance to renew their calls to stop the project — especially after electing Gov. Polis, who campaigned on cutting vehicle emissions and increasing mass transit.