Front Range Passenger Rail District

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice On April 29, Governor Jared Polis declared in a press release that Colorado had struck a deal to bring passenger rail to the Front Range — three daily round trips between Denver and Fort Collins, launching in 2029, with no new taxes. "At nearly half the cost of previous studies," he wrote, "this agreement proves that through partnership and collaboration, passenger rail service across the Front Range is not a far-off dream, but a reality." The day before, RTD's board voted to authorize $5.58 million from its FasTracks savings account and support the project's preliminary funding framework. The term sheet itself was executed April 30 between the Colorado Transportation Investment Office (CTIO), a government-owned ...

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice The Colorado Department of Transportation had options when describing what $3 million in state transportation funds would buy. Public education. A feasibility study. Community engagement. It called it a Ballot Access Plan. That language — "develop a Ballot Access Plan and Implementation of the Plan" — sits in the purpose clause of a contract which took effect on March 26, 2026 between CDOT and the Front Range Passenger Rail District, the latter established by the legislature in 2021 to plan and eventually build passenger rail along the I-25 corridor. RMV obtained the contract through a public records request. If voters approve a sales tax increase this November, the district would use those funds — along with money ...

Your Values.
Your Voice.

Tag: Front Range Passenger Rail District

Rail plan on the brink: Court ruling and ballot fight could kill funding

The $3M campaign behind Colorado’s CoCo rail tax proposal

Get The Mountain Minute

Subscribe For Text Message Alerts

About Us

Read

Shows

Engage

About Us

Read

Shows

Engage

Freedom Festival