Denver International Airport continues to lead the country in cancellations and delays
Transportation
Posted inTransportation
Southwest Airlines cancellations continue to snowball, with nearly 300 flights canceled on each Wednesday and Thursday in Denver
Exhausted Southwest travelers tried finding seats on other airlines or renting cars to get to their destination, but many remained stranded. The airline’s CEO said it could be next week before the flight schedule returns to normal.
Posted inTransportation
Southwest Airlines under scrutiny after wave of storm cancellations in Denver, across U.S.
Denver International Airport led the country in backups Tuesday, with more than 300 flights canceled and hundreds more delayed
Posted inHealth
A lot of people ride e-scooters in Denver — and a new study shows a lot of them are getting seriously hurt
Touted as a last-mile solution to improve city public transit systems, at least 3 people a day show up at Denver Health’s emergency room with scooter-related injuries, new study shows
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Public transit was free for many Coloradans in August. When fares returned, many riders stayed, data shows.
Ridership numbers from most of the transit agencies that participated in the Zero Fare for Better Air program were higher in September than before the program began.
Posted inHousing
RTD hires its first homeless outreach coordinator to visit stations, offer services to those illegally camped
RTD has one worker who visits light-rail and bus stations in eight counties, offering housing and other services to those in need.
Posted inTransportation
Price for San Luis Valley rail line doubles to $10.7M when billionaire steps up bid
Trails advocates hope the new owner, Stefan Soloviev, will allow recreational access near tracks in San Luis Valley
Posted inTransportation
Late bidder, recreation groups look to derail Denver-based company’s bid for San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
San Luis Valley Great Outdoors objects to Omnitrax plan to buy the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
Posted inElection 2022
10 big promises Colorado Gov. Jared Polis kept in his first term — and some he hasn’t (so far)
The Colorado Sun kept track of more than 100 of the Democrats’ 2018 campaign promises. We evaluated about 20 as he runs for reelection in November.
Posted inBusiness
Denver’s Omnitrax buys San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad, driving hope for economic spark in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
The transportation and railroad company Omnitrax acquired the historic 155-mile San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad in a bankruptcy auction with plans for commodity, passenger traffic