Welp 36 is down and out

[Ridge]

I predict Boulder will be getting rail service in the very near future. Open up your wallets, Jared is hungry.

"No rail transit options exist between Boulder and Denver, though tracks are in place. Similarly, no rail alternative to highway vehicle travel exists between Denver and Colorado Springs. Gov. Jared Polis has said he favors creation of better alternatives to vehicle travel as the state?s population grows."

Boulder has been paying increased taxes to fund the B line, which CDOT then cancelled. Boulder continues to pay those, despite not getting the transport they were promised when they voted to accept the tax hike.

[Eric P]

Cdot did not cancel b line, nor does it build rail. RTD does

I doubt boulder will be getting rail anytime soon.

[Ridge]

Okay, wrong department, but the point stands. They've been paying extra taxes to fund a service that was then cancelled.

[Irving]

I had to be in Boulder yesterday morning and seemed to make it on time. The most frustrating part was fighting with Google maps the whole time to get a different route, then once I got it, declining the "faster" route it kept trying to give me. There wasn't too much traffic either, as in it didn't seem like one thousand other cars were doing the same thing.


I always wondered if the Google maps system is currently smart enough to disseminate traffic along slightly different routes that are similar in time/distance just to avoid large back-ups.

[ray1970]

I can get to Boulder ten different ways without taking 36 and I doubt there?s more than a fifteen minute difference no matter which way I go.

Just for the fun factor they should just cut out that section of 36 and make ramps on either side and make it a Dukes of Hazard type jump. Just make sure to post a minimum speed limit so people will have enough momentum to clear the gap. It would also be a cool way to rid the world of a lot of inattentive drivers who disregard the minimum speed.

[Irving]

What do you have against Unimogs?

[ray1970]

They could leave the road as is and just use the repair money and buy everyone in Boulder a Unimog.

[roberth]

They could leave the road as is and just use the repair money and buy everyone in Boulder a Unimog.

Oh I want a 'mog, that would be fun.

[sniper7]

I like all roads to boulder to collapse and shut that place down. Then they can be enlightened.

[def90]

Been driving 36 all week, no faster/slower than usual.