Transportation

Air travel can be a stressful experience during the busy summer season. And it’s not just the crowds – research shows the noise of a busy airport like DIA can add to travelers’ anxiety levels. Which is why Denver airport officials launched an effort to turn down the noise.

Tentative ideas include free signage for base-area businesses, Haymaker shuttle, utilizing Stockbridge transit lot. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Steamboat Pilot reporter Julia Coccaro and then read the entire article at the link below.

Initiative 175 would expand funding for roads through a constitutional amendment. Top lawmakers are racing to pass a bill to neutralize it.

It’s even more painful for truckers and ride-sharing drivers. Many are contractors who are paying out of pocket to fuel up. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read the entire article at the link below.

Initiative 175, proposed by construction contractors, would ensure road fees are spent on road construction while the Legislature worries about losing money for core services.

The state’s over-the-road bus service makes community connections, but costs $10 for every $1 it takes in fares. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth and then read the entire article at the link below.

Bike to Work Day gets people outside and out of the car. Here's a look at what you can check out on your commute.

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold $24 million in federal funding from Colorado.

A Swiss company is working to develop a futuristic transportation technology right here in Colorado. The Hyperloop would whisk materials – or people – between cities through giant metal tubes at speeds of several hundred miles per hour. And the company just completed a successful trial run at their test track in Pueblo.

The world’s largest wildlife overpass is being built over a section of I-25 between Denver and Colorado Springs. It’s a stretch of highway that averages one vehicle crash involving wildlife every day. Hear how wildlife overpasses save animals and reduce crashes – and why this one needed to be so large.