Hillman: Colorado highways crumble under CDOT neglect
Mark Hillman
October 11, 2024
When it comes to roads, the War on rural Colorado is waged with outright neglect.
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O’Toole: Mobility matters; why cars and roads are far superior to transit
Randal O'Toole
September 23, 2022
Highways are more resilient than transit because they don’t require billions of dollars in operating subsidies.
Sharf: Commission turns CDOT into Colorado’s urban planner
Joshua Sharf
February 15, 2022
Note what has happened here – an appointed board has reoriented transportation priorities away from roads and bridges and towards “green” projects, and injected race politics into the process, as well.
Caldara: Lawmakers want to pick your pocket; why not ask instead?
Jon Caldara
February 10, 2021
CDOT spent some $70 million on its new Taj Mahal headquarters to hold their swelling ranks of employees and consultants. But they don’t have money to build more roads.
O’Toole: Front Range commuter rail a terrible idea
Randal O'Toole
August 13, 2019
CDOT’s request for proposals is based more on ideology than rationality and more on politics than economics.
CDOT visits El Paso County Commissioners for transportation planning update
Scott Weiser
August 7, 2019
“As long as we continue to add a single lane to our interstate system once every 40 or 50 years, we can’t possibly keep up.”–Wayne Williams
Walker Stapleton addresses CDOT transparency and accountability
Scott Weiser
October 12, 2018
Walker Stapleton takes CDOT and the Colorado Transportation Commission to task over transparency and accountability.
Colorado Department of Transportation offers EV charging stations to public at no additional cost
Sherrie Peif
May 8, 2018
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), with a budget unable to maintain Colorado’s extensive highway system, has 23 charging stations across Colorado, with 17 of those offering taxpayer, subsidized charging to EV drivers.
CDOT: Four additional lanes in the I-25 gap not in the plan
Scott Weiser
February 5, 2018
Colorado Springs — Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials say that adding two additional lanes in each direction on I-25 between Castle Rock and Monument has never been seriously considered
CDOT schedules a new series of public outreach sessions on the I-25 Gap
Scott Weiser
January 31, 2018
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is sponsoring a new series of eight public outreach meetings for the I-25 Gap project. The first meeting was held at the El Pomar
Top three Senate bills head for committees starting Thursday
Sherrie Peif
January 17, 2018
Despite the legislature not authorizing the $3.5 million needed and the Joint Budget Committee voting 3-3 down party lines not to authorize emergency funding to keep the doors open after July 1, 2017, the office has remained open using federal grant money.
Senators Cooke and Neville take a stab at transportation fix
Sherrie Peif
April 26, 2017
“It’s our job; it’s what we’re supposed to do. There’s money there to be found. The state of Colorado has to have some skin in the game. We have to have some money come from the general fund.” Sen. John Cooke, (R-Greeley).
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