Mar 9, 2022
Back in 2004, Denver-area voters
supported one of the most ambitious transit projects anywhere in
the United States. The plan called for a network of new rail lines
that would let commuters glide past traffic and transform Denver
into a world-class city in the process. But almost two decades
later, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: Denver’s sprawling
metropolitan region is as gridlocked as its ever been. This is
Episode 1 of Ghost
Train, a four-part
mini-series from Colorado Public Radio. Hosted by transportation
reporter Nathaniel Minor, Ghost Train dives deep into the question that we ask here
at The War on Cars: What does it to take to move American cities
away from automobile dependence?
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NOTES:
This
episode was brought to you by Colorado
Public Radio.
You can find more of
reporter Nathaniel Minor’s work
here.
The
remaining three parts of the Ghost Train series...
Part 2:
The Mission
Part 3:
An Unexpected
Solution
Part 4:
Waiting On A Train
I made a documentary about RTD. Here are some curious things I found along the way (Nathaniel Minor for CPR)
RTD is in
Crisis: A three-part
series for Streetsblog Denver by Andy Bosselman.
Why
don’t RTD’s trains go into Denver’s neighborhoods? (Nathaniel
Minor for Denverite)
The Train That Saved Denver (Politico Magazine, 2016)
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