Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Rural Areas

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Commentary: 100 Years of School Safety Patrol Coming to Denver

By Cassie Tanner | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

AAA Colorado is always looking to expand the School Safety Patrol program, especially with a renewed focus on Denver to align with the City’s Vision Zero initiatives and its Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan, now in development.

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.

Elaine L. Chao (Secretary of Transportation, United States of America) at the plenary session on "Connecting regions for sustainable growth" at the International Transport Forums 2019 Summit on Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration in Leipzig, Germany, on 22 May 2019.

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Urban Transportation Funding To Fall as Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

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Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.

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Trump Guts Obama-Era Transit Funding to Build Roads

By Aaron Short | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.

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Seattle Sues To Keep Vehicle Registration Fees — And Save Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]

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