Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments is seeking public comment on the draft Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2010 to 2017. As the region’s metropolitan planning organization, PPACG is responsible for the development of a regional transportation improvement program. The draft “FY 2010 – FY 2017 TIP” includes details about the 65 transportation projects [...] [...]
The Colorado Department of Transportation opened bids today for the reconstruction of the C-470 and Santa Fe Drive interchange, a project that will use up the last of the agency’s federal stimulus money that it’s already been granted. Stimulus money will pay about $4.6 million of the total project. The rest of the project will [...] [...]
Beginning in January, seven organizations with a stake in the future of Front Range transportation planning will collaborate to survey more than 1,500 Pikes Peak region households to anticipate future travel habits. The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments has joined with three other Front Range Metropolitan Planning Agencies and three government organizations to survey [...] [...]
The economy is not putting a damper on the U.S. Space Foundation’s plans for the 2003 National Space Symposium, its 19th. The Colorado Springs-based space foundation said while the economy is sluggish, space industry revenues were expected to blast past the $145 billion mark this year, and NASA is outlining a bold new vision for [...] [...]
The year 1935 generally was not a good one. The Nazis repudiated the Versailles Treaty, Huey Long was assassinated in Louisiana, and more than 20 percent of U.S. workers were unemployed. Then, Oklahoman Carl C. Magee patented the parking meter. In recognition of its famous inventor, Oklahoma City was the first city in the nation [...] [...]
Colorado Springs is believed to have the highest concentration of military space organizations in the world, and the Boeing Company’s presence here fortifies that observation. Aerospace giant Boeing is the largest spacecraft manufacturer in the world and is NASA’s largest contractor, and has a significant presence in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Denver. Most recognize the [...] [...]
Aloha…A Post- Vacation Perspective Just when you thought Colorado Springs was the only locality faced with environmental challenges (e.g., the Preble mouse), consider Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The “Big Island” relies heavily on Highway 19 (which loops the entire island). Unfortunately, some parts of the highway narrow to two slow lanes near the coffee plantations. In an [...] [...]
Air travel in Colorado Springs as the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., is picking up, but some say it is still below pre-attack levels. Additionally, Colorado tourism declined at least 10 percent this year, greatly impacted by wildfires and drought, but in part because of the carryover of [...] [...]
Jon McQuesten, 32-year-old business owner, marketer, and operations chief, says he’s never alone these days– especially at stoplights. Driver of an attractive 15-cubic-yard brightly painted 1-800-GOT-JUNK truck, he is getting used to drivers stopping him en route to appointments – asking what he hauls and the cost per load. “I see people scrambling for a [...] [...]
As a reporter for the Colorado Springs Business Journal, I’ve watched the headlines on Vanguard Airlines’ press releases with optimism and appreciation for a small vendor in a competitive marketplace. For example: May 15, 2002: “Vanguard Airlines Reports First Quarter 2002 Results; Substantial Improvements Over First Quarter 2001.” June 27, 2002: “Vanguard Airlines Files Revised [...] [...]
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