High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. We bought an SUV, and we're proud of it http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16695 The writer buys an SUV because it does the job she needs it to do. So there. No publisher Julianne Couch Transportation Oil and Gas 2010-02-05T09:28:58Z News Article Protecting fake wilderness goes against the law http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14050 Dave Skinner says the Bush administration has the right to reject "fake" wilderness and dispose of the issue its way. No publisher Dave Skinner Wilderness Transportation 2010-02-05T09:28:36Z News Article There’s a way to end the RS 2477 road mess http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14049 Colorado Democratic Rep. Mark Udall urges support for his bill that would settle the RS 2477 road issue once and for all. No publisher Mark Udall Mining Transportation 2010-02-05T09:28:35Z News Article Why I Cherish the Road to Nowhere http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15865 The writer is glad to be back in a state where you can see miles and miles of nothing No publisher Claudia O'Keefe Transportation Roads and Roadless Areas 2010-02-05T09:27:50Z News Article Light rail moves inland from the 'Left Coast' http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15917 Light rail has become unexpectedly popular in deeply conservative Salt Lake City, Utah No publisher Allen Best Land Use And Planning Transportation Light rail University of Utah Salt Lake City Calgary Alberta Trax John Inglish Utah Transit Authority Mormon church Norm Chambers parking traffic South Jordan West Jordan Republican Party Jon Barrett Idaho Growth Smart Phoenix Las Vegas 2010-02-05T08:31:48Z News Article A city center in the suburbs http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15916 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 No publisher Allen Best Socio-Economics Transportation Charlie Lybrand Metropolitan State College transit-oriented development Alexan City Center apartment complexes apartment living Cinderella City urban redevelopment Vicki Abrams commuting single-family homes lifestyles 2010-02-05T08:31:48Z News Article Reading, riding and relaxing http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15915 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 No publisher Allen Best Socio-Economics Transportation Kevin Koernig light rail commuting gas prices rail passes Broncos games architects The Lawrence Group reading lifestyles cars 2010-02-05T08:31:41Z News Article Commuter trains could connect the West's far-flung cities http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15914 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 No publisher Allen Best Transportation Land Use And Planning Light rail commuter rail railroads travel transportation mass transit Chris Blewett Mid-Regional Council of Governments Rail Runner Express Bill Richardson Albuquerque Santa Fe Interstate 25 population growth Front Range Jon Esty Colorado 2010-02-05T08:31:40Z News Article You say you want a railvolution... http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15903 Westerners may love their cars, but the region’s rapid growth means that even the most ardent car-lovers have a stake in mass transit, and in Denver’s grand experiment in light rail No publisher Paul Larmer Transportation Land Use And Planning Automobiles cars transportation highways traffic mass transit commuting trains light rail population growth demographics Denver Colorado commuter rail Brookings Institution construction suburbia new urbanism planning land use sprawl d 2010-02-05T08:31:36Z News Article Back On Track http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15902 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 No publisher Allen Best Transportation Land Use And Planning Mass transit light rail traffic problems metropolitan Denver Keith Simon I-25 Lone Tree suburbs Coventry Development Corp. Mile High City John Hickenlooper redevelopment urban villages New Urbanism Shelley Poticha Center for Transit-Oriente 2010-02-05T08:31:35Z News Article The return of the hodgepodge http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15764 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 No publisher Jon Margolis Transportation Congress Transportation bill SAFETEA-LU ISTEA legislation political policy George W. Bush political pork highways transportation projects Don Young House Committee on Transportation acronyms 2010-02-05T09:26:09Z News Article Mining town gambles on a road to riches http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14823 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 No publisher Joshua Zaffos Transportation Socio-Economics Central City Colorado Black Hawk Central City Parkway limited stakes gambling Colorado gaming Cripple Creek bighorn sheep wildlife habitat Front Range open space sprawl development real estate Colorado Division of Wildlife casinos 2010-02-05T09:57:52Z News Article A maverick mayor takes on sprawl http://www.hcn.org/issues/206/10613 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. No publisher Tim Westby Transportation 2010-02-05T08:35:42Z News Article