Colorado Blvd BRT project won’t get center bus lanes, but the fight over its future is just starting

A coalition of Denver community members, led by former State Senator Penfield Tate III, called for a pause on the Colorado Blvd bus rapid transit project at a public forum Thursday. The forum came after the Colorado Department of Transportation canceled its attendance Tuesday evening, with Tate citing a flawed project premise. A coalition of Denver community members called for a pause on the project Thursday, hours after the Colorado Department of Transportation announced it would no longer consider a center-running bus lane for the corridor. The agency said in a press release last week that analysis shows the project would benefit from “further study” incorporating performance data from other BRT corridors, including the under-construction Colfax Avenue line, and that it expects to initiate that additional review in 2028.

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