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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.

To Beat Congestion, Colorado Can’t Rely on the Same Bag of Road Expansion Tricks

By David Sachs | Jul 17, 2017 | 10 Comments

The report, which examined the turn-of-the-century expansion of I-25 known as T-REX, says that these managed lanes would expand the capacity of the corridor for everyone while providing a "congestion-free" option for drivers and better transit for people who don't drive — without a widening that would be financially and physically impossible.

Transit Is Laughably Underfunded in Colorado

By David Sachs | Feb 3, 2017 | 5 Comments

Colorado spends less than 1 cent per person per day on transit. If that sounds like a paltry amount, you're right. The national average is 20 times higher.

Volkswagen Lied, So CO Could Get $61 Million to Electrify Transit and Roads

By David Sachs | Oct 19, 2016 | 3 Comments

Remember that time Volkswagen cheated American consumers’ wallets and lungs by rigging its “clean diesel” cars to falsify emissions data? Now Colorado will probably get $61 million from the car company in a settlement. A federal judge is “strongly inclined” to approve the settlement, according to Reuters. About $10 billion will go to fleeced consumers, […]

If Colorado Doesn’t Spend Smarter on Transport, It’s Going to Choke on Cars

By David Sachs | Aug 23, 2016 | 11 Comments

Investing in transit, walking, and biking infrastructure has never been more urgent in Colorado. With the state’s population projected to grow by 2.4 million by 2040, Colorado will choke on its growth unless Governor John Hickenlooper and state and local leaders change course, according to a new report by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group and the Southwestern Energy Efficiency Project […]

Count the Holes in Colorado DOT’s Justification for the I-70 Widening

By David Sachs | Jan 20, 2016 | 2 Comments

A lot of people don’t like Colorado DOT’s plan to widen I-70 in north Denver — and for good reason. Expanding I-70 will generate more traffic, noise pollution, and greenhouse gases while costing a bundle of money that could be spent on other things, like, say, better transit. Opponents of the road widening told CDOT why they […]

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