rail transit
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Construction litigation reform roller-coaster concludes with unthought-of unanimous votes
It was almost anticlimactic when the bipartisan construction defects litigation reform bill passed unanimously in the Senate on May 4, sending the much-anticipated legislation to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk. While there had been plenty of drama surrounding the measure throughout most of April, after the governor, House sponsors and prominent stakeholders announced a deal had…
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O’Toole: Transit doesn’t need state taxpayer funding
According to a misleading new report, Colorado ranks 29th in per capita funding for transit, spending just one-twentieth of the national average. Thus, there is a “funding gap” for public transit. But Colorado apparently ranks 29th only in state transit funding. What’s left out is that most transit funding comes from the regional level. The…