southwest energy efficiency project
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What if we could improve mobility without adding more lanes?
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Anyone who travels on highways in the Front Range knows that congestion is a major problem along the front range and that it is getting worse. The traditional solution, expanding the highway to relieve congestion, is unaffordable and ineffective. The Colorado Department of Transportation has said it needs an additional $1 billion per year to…
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Tolling on an existing I-25 lane is one way to stretch Colorado’s transportation dollars
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A new report from the Boulder-based Southwest Energy Efficiency Project asserts tolling could help drive traffic remedies on Interstate 25 through Denver. The idea would be to take an existing lane and put on price on it. People who want to pay could use it, similar to the high-occupancy toll lane on U.S. 36 between…
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? Electric vehicle use urged for Colorado’s VW settlement funds
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Colorado public interest, environmental and public health organizations have called upon the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to use funds from the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal to support a transition to a zero-emission transportation future. At issue is $61.3 million Colorado will receive between 2017 and 2027 from a settlement between the U.S.…
