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Why don’t automated enforcement cameras also catch toll lane speeders in Colorado?
After dealing with an aggressive driver flashing their lights and blasting the horn at him, one Highlands Ranch dad questioned why the state’s automated enforcement system is set up to catch toll lane weavers, but not toll lane speeders.
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RTD CEO says frustrated light rail riders should get used to disruptions
But she says RTD is trying to catch up on repair jobs so future maintenance doesn’t interrupt service so much.
![RTD's Central Park park-and-ride, which doesn't usually get close to filling up. May 24, 2024.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/240524-RTD-CENTRAL-PARKING-LOT-AND-RIDE-TRANSIT-TRAIN-STATIONS-KEVINJBEATY-11.jpg)
Denver’s train network was built for car commuters. With parking lots empty, RTD thinks housing could help save it
If successful, the development could be a big win for residents desperate for cheaper rent in an increasingly expensive city — and serve as a blueprint for the type of car-lite housing development.
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State safety regulator says RTD ‘failed’ to head off preventable light rail disruptions
The slow trains and reduced service due to a separate repair project have frustrated riders and made the E and H lines particularly unreliable.
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RTD rail boss defends handling of light rail slowdowns, says ‘significant progress’ will happen by September
The head of RTD’s rail operations defended the agency’s handling of newly discovered track problems.
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Frustrations grow over RTD light rail slowdown. But there’s ‘no end date in sight’
“Trains that run 10 mph [are] not considered transportation.”
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Voters will likely be asked to permanently spare RTD from TABOR limits
If the soon-to-expire exemption were to lapse, RTD might have to refund tens of millions of dollars to taxpayers.
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Delayed RTD light rail riders can now use their fares on CDOT’s Bustang
Passengers can use their RTD passes or tickets to ride state-run buses instead.
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Morrison’s new speed cameras seem to be working
Morrison, long known as a speed trap town, is one of the first to take advantage of a 2023 law expanding parameters for speed camera use.
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RTD’s light rail trains are crawling this week. Operators don’t know when they’ll be up to speed again
Two light rail operators, who spoke to CPR News under the condition of anonymity, said the slow orders came as a surprise, and that their severity indicates that the issue at hand is likely serious.
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CDOT is repaving I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel. Expect lane closures, delays and traffic until fall
Crews have started to repave a two-mile stretch of Interstate 70.
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Speed cameras are coming to a Colorado highway construction zone near you
And CDOT is already thinking about adding them to dangerous highways, too.
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Front Range rail board delays ballot funding measure
The board voted to approve a resolution directing district staff to continue their planning efforts before a ballot timing decision is made.
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No free RTD rides during ozone season this summer, unless you’re a kid
The “Free Fare for Better Air” will not return this summer.
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Front Range rail leaders want to wait until 2026 to ask voters for funding
Polis pressured the rail district to put a sales tax measure on the 2024 ballot, to no avail.
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RTD will shut down central downtown light rail service all summer to make up for years of delayed maintenance
RTD is about to launch a $152 million maintenance plan to tackle trouble spots.