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? SHOW 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 MissionPart 3: An Unexpected SolutionPart 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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