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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.

A French bullet train stopped in the Savoie region in the Alps on March 2. Photo: Floflo via Wikimedia Commons

3 Maps: The $21 Billion Colorado High-Speed Rail Network Proposed in 2010

By Andy Bosselman | May 31, 2019 | 6 Comments

Colorado's economy could support and benefit from a $21 billion high-speed rail system, according to a 2010 report by the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority. The maps presented here come from that report. They offer initial sketches, not detailed plans.

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.

Street safety advocates watch as Gov. Jared Polis wears a bike helmet while signing a bill into law that stiffens penalties against careless drivers who seriously injure vulnerable road users.

Colorado Is No Longer a Place Where Careless Drivers Get Away With Hurting People

By Andy Bosselman | May 29, 2019 | 6 Comments

When careless drivers severely injure pedestrians, cyclists, police officers and other vulnerable road users, they will no longer drive away from the scene of a crash with nothing more than light penalty. Under Senate Bill 19-175, which Gov. Jared Polis signed into law this morning at the Denver Bicycle Cafe, Colorado became the 10th state to enact legislation that defines vulnerable road users and punishes drivers who hurt them more severely.

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.

Cars zoom past one of two bus stops at Park Avenue West and Delgany, a bus stop that many people cycle to.

Careless Drivers Who Hurt People in Colorado Likely to Be Taken off the Road

By Andy Bosselman | May 2, 2019 | 33 Comments

Careless drivers who seriously injure people will be taken off the roads under a bill passed Thursday by state lawmakers — the first time Colorado has decided to treat them differently from drivers who only damage property.

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