Tag: Transportation
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DIA to cut flights until government shutdown ends
Denver International Airport will reduce its flights by up to 10% while the government shutdown persists. The news comes after the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it would be reducing air traffic across 40 “high-volume” markets, as air traffic controllers have become increasingly strained amid the shutdown. DIA is on that list. Reductions are…
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Amtrak expands Winter Park ‘ski train’ amid surging demand for mountain rail
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Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is launching holiday runs starting Dec. 19, plus is expanding to four days a week beginning Jan. 8 to meet booming demand for travel through Colorado’s mountain corridor. With 57 round-trips planned through late March, the rail line hopes to ease congestion on U.S. Highway 40 over Berthoud Pass…
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RTD seeks public feedback to amp up transit for Denver’s mega-events
It’s football season in Denver, drawing millions of fans, families and visitors not just for games but for other winter events. But getting to and from those high-traffic happenings can be a hassle without reliable public transit. Now, the Regional Transportation District is turning to riders, stakeholders and the public for ideas on how to…
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Westbound lanes of Interstate 70 reopened near DIA Saturday morning after morning semi-truck crash closure
The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near Denver International Airport were reopened Saturday after a semi-truck crashed closed them earlier in the morning. The crash, which police first alerted on social media at 6:42 a.m. Saturday, is located just before Tower Road, according to an X post from the Aurora Police Department. All traffic was…
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Interstate 70 reopened after separate vehicle crashes closed stretches of highway
A 3-semi-truck crash in Aurora and a vehicle fire near Genesee Hill contributed to the mayhem Interstate 70 reopened to traffic after two separate vehicle crashes closed sections of the highway on both sides of metro Denver Friday morning. On the east side of the city in Aurora, a crash involving three semis, including one…
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Denver to haunt drivers by closing road near Union Station for ‘Spooky Wynkoopy’ Halloween festival
Drivers in Lower Downtown next week may be haunted by a Halloween-themed temporary road closure outside Union Station. Beginning Friday afternoon, the city will close the 1700 block of Wynkoop Street to cars for a week-long Halloween celebration called “Spooky Wynkoopy,” according to a Thursday news release from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Drivers…
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RTD to begin week-long Kalamath Street closure for rail reconstruction work
As part of its continuing light rail track reconstruction project, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) will close Kalamath Street between Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue for a week starting Sunday. The closure will replace the current lane shift through Oct. 26 as the RTD continues its multi-year, $152 million project to reconstruct miles of light…
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Self-Driving CDOT crash truck protects highway workers
Highway work zone crashes kill hundreds of people nationwide each year — two Colorado workers last year — but a new driverless, autonomous highway maintenance truck in Colorado aims to shield workers from deadly rear-end collisions by taking the hit itself. At a press event in Falcon on Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation demonstrated…
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Traffic cameras coming to U.S. 36 with St. Vrain Canyon fiber link
The Colorado Department of Transportation is now able to tap into previously installed fiber-optic network through St. Vrain Canyon to connect traffic cameras that can quickly alert first-responders to disasters like flooding, fire and rock falls. In 1976, flash flooding in Big Thompson Canyon killed 144 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. In 2013, days…
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New Red Rocks shuttle aims to make outdoors accessible and mitigate traffic, organizers say
The late summer sun beamed down onto the Jefferson County Government Center – Golden Station platform Saturday afternoon as a few dozen county officials, city planners and Regional Transportation District board members gathered to celebrate the unveiling of a project years in the making. Displayed beside a small dark podium emblazoned with the silhouette of…