Colorado Hyperloop 🏔️🚇

Massive support for advancing Front Range Passenger Rail! The BNSF route is 191 miles long, 7 million population (by 2045), 25 trains each direction per day, 14 stations and 2.9 million riders (commuters), with 9,200 weekday ridership. ~$5 Billion Dollars. Reduction of emissions!

Let's go people! Make it happen! cpr.org/2023/08/31/gov…

There’s always something peaceful about watching the Colorado landscape roll past, receding into the distance as the train travels ever onward. Don’t forget to vote today! Help us win “Best Scenic Train”! Thank you for your vote! 10best.com/awards/travel/…

@lakesbutta Just wait for next year's: "PRESS RELEASE: Colorado Billionaires joining together in funding ALL passenger rail projects in Colorado in next 10 years, united in belief that transportation infrastructure will secure Coloradans a better future with $30 billion funding grant"

@COHyperloop April fools..

*** BREAKING PASSENGER RAIL NEWS *** Colorado Passenger rail will be built along I70 Mountain and Plains corridors, I25 Front Range and even I76 to Julesburg! All CO State Capitol House & Senate politicians back the secret bill that has come to light today funding ALL rail lines!

Be sure to follow @COHyperloop@urbanists.social 🐘for more important updates. 🍻

The funding model used will mean that the costs of the desperately needed infrastructure will be repaid back to taxpayers in under a decade. Governor Polis clandestantly promised hyperloop within in next 50 years too.

With particular thanks to @DougBurgum @NorthDakotaDOT @NorthDakota @DickinsonCVB for your support

Not only are many Montana counties supporting the effort, but transportation leaders in adjoining states have also been signing on to show support, turning what had been a Montana-based drive into a much larger initiative.

But just as importantly, the new request from the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority doesn't just cover Montana, but the entire "Route of the Hiawatha" between Chicago and Seattle. And there's some feeling that could increase the chances of the study receiving federal funding.

Efforts to make it possible for you to travel by train across Montana's "Southern Route" are taking a big step forward this week, with the request for the federal government to launch a rail corridor study. @Newstalk_KGVO @dennisbragg ow.ly/ERQG50Nwfny

The Eisenhower Tunnel turned 50 years old this year. An incredible feat of engineering, the tunnel became the connecting point between the Front Range and the West Slope, allowing commerce and tourism to thrive. Photo from @ColoradoDOT, taken on October 23, 1968.

The Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Map Collection is here! Own a piece of history and support the restoration of #passengerrail to southern Montana and beyond with your purchase. #connectingpeopleandplace #allaboardmontana #xplorermaps #bigskyrail

@GovofCO Let's get that Front Range Passenger Rail added to that list... it's a bit overdue. 🚆🏞️

Colorado railroads are not only open for rides during warm weather months, but several offer special winter excursions. This opens the door to spectacular mountain scenery, fine dining, kid-friendly and holiday-themed experiences, and even the ski slopes. All aboard!

@GreatDenTransit Is it that it's hard to make connections with people (inside and outside) when you can't see out the windows of the bus?

'Erm, what's the most diplomatic way to say this...?'

🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! 🚨 We’re currently hiring a carpenter! If you are looking to work on historic structures, cars and other railroad artifacts, now is the time! Learn more at recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Job….

I dug the Denver Planning Commission's 1932 "study for mass transportation" out of a box at @denverlibrary this week for no particular reason. Here are some highlights from the study's introduction:

Thibault @Simply_Railway and I took the special morning service of the @RideRTD E Line which starts at Evans station and goes to Ridgegate

Is $19k in rebates to buy an EV really the best use of taxpayer money to reduce GHG emissions? The same could pay for a free RTD eco-pass for 18 years.

Great tour of Stadler's Salt Lake City facility: Modern European Trains Built Right in North America! youtu.be/-ATcACCxHhw via @RM_Transit Subscribe to Reese's channel, since more content from his visit to Utah is in the works! :)