Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about I-70

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Commentary: I-270 Expansion Will Harm Latino Communities, Increase Air Pollution, and Accelerate Climate Change

By Allen Cowgill | Feb 23, 2021 | No Comments

Allen Cowgill: Expanding I-270 will increase pollution in neighborhoods inhabited mostly by people of color and could accelerate climate change by encouraging more people to drive.

Photo people board Bustang at Denver Union Station - credit Jerry Tinianow

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Commentary: Yes, There Is A Bus To The Mountains

By Jerry Tinianow | Feb 17, 2020 | No Comments

There are viable public transit options to get between Denver and the mountains.

Person removes skis from cargo area of Snowstang bus

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Major Delays on First Bus to A-Basin Do Not Diminish Snowstang’s Potential

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 16, 2019 | No Comments

The skiers and snowboarders who took the inaugural trip on Colorado’s express bus service to the Arapahoe Basin ski area faced long delays. But Snowstang officials say such problems will be rare in the future.

A man holds a sign reading "We're on a highway to hell!" while marching in the Global Climate Protest in downtown Denver on Sept. 20. Photo: Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog Denver

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1 Day Before Greta Thunberg Arrives, Report Shows 102% Increase in Metro Denver Auto Emissions

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 10, 2019 | No Comments

Greenhouse gas emissions from autos increased 102 percent in the Denver Metro over 1990 levels. The news comes one day before 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg will lead a Fridays for Future Strike in Denver.

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.

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