Meetings on a Proposed Rail Plan

Monday, November 4 at 5-7 pm
Interregional Connectivity Study Public Meetings
Windsor Public Library
720 3rd Street
Windsor
No bus or train service

Tuesday, November 19 at 5-7 pm
CDOT Golden Offices
Trail Ridge Conference Room
425C Corporate Circle
Golden
No bus service. The Golden Call-n-Ride may get you here, but you would have to leave early.

Wednesday, November 20 at 5-7pm
Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
15 South Seventh Street
Colorado Springs
Bus: 3 (PDF) (Runs late and everything. Way to go Colorado Springs!)

Thursday, November 21 at 5-7 pm
Pueblo Convention Center - Heroes Pavilion
320 Central Main Street
Pueblo
Bus: Bessemer Route 2 although you would have to leave early

Illinois Moves toward Rail

Last week Governor Quinn signed HB4078 which allows the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to use all of its existing powers to construct railroad tracks. This legislation has many benefits, but one is to create a means to directly compare the benefits of rail and highways. It creates a transportation authority out of one that advocated for a single mode.

Now we need to find a way to put buses on equal footing.

The Interregional Connectivity Study Finally has a Website

There is very little on it but it is there under projects: http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/ICS. From it you can get to a comment form, downloads of the information presented at the public meetings, and the AGS Study website.

I encourage everyone to comment, and then share their comments widely. The residents of Colorado need to make sure that we have a transportation plan that works for us.