A BIG deal! Rail service along the Colorado front range is on the horizon - with plans (including viable financing with current revenues) for 'joint service' from Union Station to and from Ft. Collins by 2029. Initial service is for three round trips daily, and max speeds of 79 MPH.

A source of American greatness. youtu.be/aNe4E-uynfg?...

No Kings in Arvada!

"90% of the crashes that we see in the state are driver behavior" - Great interview with Sam Cole, the person at CDOT charged with changing what drivers do, how they drive, behind the wheel. youtube.com/watch… Meet the man behind some of those funny CDOT highway signs | Colorado Conversations

Getting to take in the views (instead of eyes on the road) on I-70 in Colorado’s mountains - via @ridebustang.bsky.social 😍

“More people are riding Colorado’s Bustang buses, especially along Interstates 25 and 70 — eight times as many as when the service began a decade ago and triple the number in 2019.” Gift article. www.denverpost.com/2026/02/20/b...

Colorado's new 10-Year Plan is available for review. Public and stakeholder engagement led to this funding strategy for meeting CDOT's key policy goals: Fix our Roads, Advance Transportation Safety, & Sustainably Increase Transportation Choice. Please do weigh in by Feb 9. mailchi.mp/state/yourtr...

Moving on from an extraordinary CEO to the norm of the day, I guess. BTW my first paycheck of 2026 reveals the One Big Beautiful Bill bonus: $10.00 per month. Meanwhile those at the high end are seeing up to and over $50K annually.

It's not the main topic of this podcast (the entire podcast is well worth watching), but this clip, about the value and impact of government funded science, is compelling. youtu.be/eyY05fD9dk4?si

Suddenly I'm seeing EVs all over the place! Are we at an inflection point that survives the end of federal subsidies? Colorado is 1st in sales of BEVs (blue dots) and PHEVs (orange) combined, at 31%. Charging infra has kept up: 84% of our 9K road miles have fast charging capability w/in 30 miles.

On Lakewood Gulch Trail, near RTD’s 14th & Decatur Station. 😍

Fascinating--teasing out how political leanings are influenced (actually, attenuated) by the event's economic benefits but also and more potently the attention and respect lent by being on the route. This seems important stuff. Via @derekvanvliet www.bikeradar.com/news/tour-de...

Rode the California Zephyr from Denver to Glenwood Springs this week. And just as they say, the scenery was breathtaking

Know someone who wants to expand their car-free travel throughout Colorado? I'm hosting a 'dry run' on Oct 11 to show how easy it is. We'll take the G Line from Olde Town to Union Station, make an easy transfer to Bustang and then head to Idaho Springs. Let me know interest and I'll send details.

Great presentation at RTC this morning on @DRCOGorg’s draft Active Transportation Plan, a guide to ‘extending walking, bicycling and rolling to everyone’ in the Denver region. Please review & provide feedback, as the plan will help inform funding decisions, by 9/1. engage.drcog.org/active-trans...

Colorado’s mobility hubs do key things: shave significant minutes from travel time (esp. when center-loaded) and serve as connection points for other routes and modes to get you to or from your final destination. The I-25 express lanes, free for transit, likewise help. And it shows in ridership!

Great piece about the increasing number of wildlife collisions on Colorado roads. CDOT is building one of the largest wildlife overpasses ever on I-25 at the far south edge of DougCo. It’s extra wide to accommodate the large animals in this area—w/ 54 sq miles of open space. youtu.be/4lNDO4C-r_Q

@ucame2cashow.bsky.social The good folks at CDOT carried out 2 observations bet 4-6pm of the turn movement at 64th. The construction north of there at 68th m/b influencing motorist behavior. They’ve reallocated 5 seconds of time from southbound left to northbound left, & think that will alleviate it

Please weigh in by July 17! Survey link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

In Leadville!

I believe it's 4 miles in each direction (I-70 Pecos to Wads), still a big help for residents who abut the highway. A $27M project made possible in part by pandemic funding. Also: not just sound impacts; there are pollutants & dust that are better blocked by concrete. denverite.com/2025/06/22/n...

Yes! “RTD led the recovery of commuter rail ridership following the COVID-19 pandemic…” Commuter rail in Denver speaks to vehicle crash worthiness rather than scheduling. Day-long 15 min headways (A Line to DIA) & 30 min for others (planned to increase) are key. www.railwayage.com/passenger/tr...

Colorado’s network of fast chargers now covers 83% of its highways. Now “…visitors headed to Mesa Verde or the Four Corners or driving the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway will know they can quickly recharge their electric vehicles..." :) www.codot.gov/news/2025/ju... www.codot.gov/news/2025/ju...

In honor of my mother’s birthday (she would have been 93 this week), a snippet of a letter from my grandfather in 1990. Right out of Grapes of Wrath.

A most moving commemoration. Always the plea: Slow down, move over, *protect* the folks maintaining your roadways. 64 people have lost their lives working in CDOT’s regions.

How good is this?? The Arvada (CO) Gardeners (a 58 year-old community garden), a certified Bike Friendly Business in Arvada, has partnered with Bike Friendly Arvada to host bike valet parking at last weekend's Kite Festival. Here’s how it went. 📸: Bill Orchard

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

Very proud to be a Harvard (Kennedy School) alum today. May this be a bulwark for others.

Lakewood has reduced pedestrian injury crashes to ‘05 levels via silo-breaking information sharing. PD folks relate accident interview particulars to the traffic engineers, expanding their understanding beyond the crash data - so that needed infrastructure changes can be identified and implemented.

Wow! This is at the Arvada Gold Strike station on the G Line.

Better so far for 2025. www.codot.gov/safety/shift...

Significant for not just for mountain rail, but also Front Range Passenger Rail! The info derived by knowing the amount of change in ridership seen with decreases in fare can help in price setting toward ridership and revenue aims in both corridors. www.cpr.org/2025/03/20/t...

The Canadian flag flies out front of the Colorado State Capitol today alongside the American and Colorado flag as ordered by the Governor of Colorado @govofco.bsky.social for Colorado/Canada Friendship Day. Colorado loves our neighbors in Canada!

U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/b...

Become the neighborhood cool dad.

Fun fact: The G Line Station canopy in Olde Town Arvada echoes the roofline of the historic train depot at this site. The design was the request of the City’s Gold Line advisory committee and neighbors. A great example of the melding of past and present that you see all around the district.

My friend Jack passed away a couple of years ago. Among his things are literally thousands of tickets and other mementos of things he’d seen or done. He savored the memories. I can’t throw them away; that’s his *life* there! But what to do with them, besides stow in a box in the basement. Ideas?

Researching TOD near the G Line and see that there are 3,400 units of dense housing that have been built very near its stations--and another 1,000 or so underway (these mainly at 41st and Fox.) Olde Town has 1,400. From a terrific RTD report. cdn.rtd-denver.com/image/upload...

Great to see, a win-win for more and more affordable housing near transit (saving folks not just on housing but potentially their transportation costs too) while helping to boost ridership and reduce congestion. www.denverpost.com/2025/02/16/r...

On Presidents Day weekend, how great to know folks can ride the Winter Park Express instead of dealing with this.

I-70 westbound currently closed at the tunnels...this is why. #COwx

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Interesting clouds this afternoon! From the Olde Town Arvada train platform.

Was impressed with plans for this mobility hub on a recent trip to Grand Junction. It’s where Amtrak, Bustang, & Grand Valley Transit will all come together. Walking distance from GJ’s cool downtown, w/ plans in place for a better connection/land use between them. www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...

So great to see CDOT, and a number of CDOT employees and contractors (including Heather Paddock as person of the year!) recognized at the 2025 WTS Colorado awards luncheon. Also recognized: the Centerra Loveland Mobility Hub, and the US50 Blue Mesa emergency repairs. You go!

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Colorado peeps, how about here?

“In fact, more people are riding rural buses in Colorado than in any other state.” The article also highlights one of the best things about taking transit anywhere, in my opinion: the chance to meet such interesting people from all over. espeaks.co.uk/colorados-ru...

This is big!