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  • A city center in the suburbs

    Charlie Lybrand enjoys living in his transit-oriented complex in metro Denver, because he rarely has to drive to get to college or go out to party

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • A maverick mayor takes on sprawl

    Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson delights anti-sprawl activists and angers Legacy Parkway supporters by personally joining a lawsuit to kill the controversial highway.

    by Tim Westby, Jul 02, 2001

  • Back On Track

    Denver, Colo., one of the West’s most sprawling, traffic-choked cities, has become a champion of mass transit with FasTracks, its ambitious light-rail project

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Commuter trains could connect the West's far-flung cities

    Longer commuter rails could connect the West’s far-flung cities in ways they haven’t been connected since the glory days of the railroad

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Light rail moves inland from the 'Left Coast'

    Light rail has become unexpectedly popular in deeply conservative Salt Lake City, Utah

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Mining town gambles on a road to riches

    The rivalry between two Colorado gambling towns has led Central City to begin building a new highway to draw visitors directly to its casinos rather than to those of its more successful neighbor, Black Hawk

    by Joshua Zaffos, Jun 21, 2004

  • Protecting fake wilderness goes against the law

    Dave Skinner says the Bush administration has the right to reject "fake" wilderness and dispose of the issue its way.

    by Dave Skinner, Jun 09, 2003

  • Reading, riding and relaxing

    Architect Kevin Koernig, who commutes from suburban Littleton to downtown Denver, loves light rail because it saves him money, keeps him healthy, and gives him extra time to read

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • The return of the hodgepodge

    The new transportation bill makes the day-to-day working of transportation policy more political than it’s ever been – and also serves up some amazing helpings of pork

    by Jon Margolis, Sep 05, 2005

  • There’s a way to end the RS 2477 road mess

    Colorado Democratic Rep. Mark Udall urges support for his bill that would settle the RS 2477 road issue once and for all.

    by Mark Udall, Jun 09, 2003
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