Transportation

Some city leaders say Boulder has too many parking spaces. And while that might not line up with your experience trying to park at Pearl Street mall, transportation experts say some Front Range cities have too many empty parking spots that could be used for things like housing or parks. On today’s In The NoCo, we’ll hear from one Boulder City Council member who says it’s time to stop requiring builders to create so much parking.

Data shows the roads can be a dangerous place for bicyclists. Advocates say one way to keep cyclists safer is to require features like Automatic Emergency Braking on all new vehicles. We discuss the promise – and the limitations – of this new technology, on today’s In The NoCo.

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Climate change is putting pressure on trails, bridges and roads across the West. The Mountain West News Bureau spoke this week with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about federal efforts to help address the issue.

In the second part of this three-part series, reporter Caroline Llanes takes a look at how bikes can be used as practical forms of transportation for local trips. By encouraging other forms of transit like biking for short, small excursions, officials can reduce traffic on local roads.

In part one of a three-part series, Aspen Public Radio's Caroline Llanes takes a big-picture look at congestion and traffic in the valley, how locals are dealing with the challenges of commuting, and how officials are starting to consider transportation solutions.

Every day in Colorado, we bike, drive or walk on streets that were designed using outdated research and bad assumptions. That’s the premise of the new book, “Killed by a Traffic Engineer.” We talk with the author about how we should be thinking about traffic safety.

In the first round of the wildlife crossing pilot program, less than one out of every three of the projects proposed by states and Tribes received funding.

Bike to Work Day is June 26 this year. As cyclists hit the streets this summer, communities across Northern Colorado continue to work toward safer roads for all after a statewide increase in traffic-related cyclist fatalities last year.

The BNSF Railway Company has been trying to vacate part of a road in Weld County to create a new intermodal facility. But the annexations—and allegations—are not over yet.