Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants private companies to help solve public problems like a shortage of child care options and affordable housing and to help develop a Front Range passenger rail service. The Democrat’s budget proposal asks state lawmakers for more than a million dollars to open up a new public-private partnership office. The proposal […]
Front Range rail
Posted inNews, Politics and Government, Transportation
Colorado takes its biggest step yet toward a Front Range passenger train system
Colorado on Wednesday took its most significant step yet toward building a Front Range passenger train system as Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill creating a special taxation district for the proposed rail line. Senate Bill 238 also forms a board tasked with getting the new train on track. The 17-member panel, six […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics and Government, Transportation
Colorado is on track to take its most significant step toward a Front Range passenger train system
Colorado lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill that, if passed, would mark the most significant step the state has taken yet toward funding, building and eventually operating a Front Range passenger train system. The measure, Senate Bill 238, would draw a new special Front Range passenger rail district running from the New Mexico state line […]
Posted inCOVID, News, Politics and Government, Transportation
Officials predict Front Range passenger rail in Colorado would have 3 million riders annually
A passenger rail line in Colorado would accommodate 9,200 people every weekday and nearly 3 million per year, according to new modeling by state officials. The proposed line would stretch from Fort Collins south to Pueblo in the south, cutting through Denver. The model envisions that the railway would reduce vehicle travel in the state […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government, Transportation
“I’m absolutely not supportive of that”: Front Range passenger train service appears derailed on arrival at Capitol
The 2020 legislative session hasn’t yet begun, but a goal of Gov. Jared Polis already appears to be derailed. House Speaker KC Becker, D-Boulder, told reporters on Friday that she is “absolutely not supportive” of legislation to create a Front Range passenger train system. Proponents were eyeing the 2020 legislative session to offer a bill […]