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Ogden BRT Line Expansion Will Link Key City Sectors

December 17, 2021

The team expanding city’s bus rapid transit line overcomes scope changes, concrete shortages, COVID disruptions to stay on track.

Brightline West High Speed Rail Line Map

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SoCal to Vegas High-Speed Rail Project Hits the Brakes as Financing Falters

Doug Puppel

November 2, 2020

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The ultra-fast train would cut travel times between L.A. and Las Vegas in half, but a failed bond sale in the midst of a skeptical financial market has put the project on indefinite hold.

Transit Projects

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

Mark Shaw

February 13, 2020

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Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.

Denver Transit Agency Being Sued by Private-Sector Partner

September 26, 2018

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A years-long squabble between Denver’s Regional Transportation District and its private-sector consortium for new commuter rail, Denver Transit Partners, has finally landed in court. DTP is suing the transit agency, seeking more money and a change in the law.

Transportation

Appropriators Press DOT's Chao to Fund Transit Projects

Tom Ichniowski

April 16, 2018

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Appropriators zero in on transit capital grants, which got a 10% hike in the 2018 omnibus spending measure.

Replacement of Civic Center Station to Improve Transit Service in Downtown Denver

Jim Parsons

August 15, 2017

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Key bus station redo will energize the area near Civic Center and the state Capitol.

Transportation Infrastructure

Congressional Committees Reject Trump's DOT Transit Cut

Senate, House clash on other programs

Tom Ichniowski

July 29, 2017

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Senate appropriators call for boost for airport construction grants, raise PFC cap.

New Hotel, Transit Center Add Dynamic Urban Element to Denver Airport

Denver International Airport’s bold, multi-component project brings traveler services and amenities more in line with other major international airports

October 27, 2016

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This project is the realization of Denver International Airport’s original 1989 master plan.

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Court Ruling Clouds Future of MD’s Purple Line

Jim Parsons

August 8, 2016

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Monday, August 8, was supposed to have been a day of celebration for Maryland’s Purple Line, as state transportation officials and the Federal Transit Administration would officially ink an agreement for a $900 million New Starts grant for the new $5.6 billion light rail system across Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs.

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