Ballot Issue 7A: Front Range Voters Will Weigh Sales Tax Hike to Pay for Passenger Train Service

Colorado is the model for the next generation of passenger rail

Trains Turntable: Commentary by Amit Bose and John Putnam For anyone interested in the future of intercity passenger rail in North America, Colorado is the state to watch this fall. On Election Day, Colorado voters will decide whether to provide a dedicated, permanent source of funding for the Colorado Connector, or CoCo. CoCo is an intercity passenger rail system connecting communities

CoCo is cuckoo: 10 reasons to reject the Front Range rail tax

CoCo gives voters a choice between blowing billions on a train few will ride and keeping that money in their own pockets.

Ballot Issue 7A: Front Range voters will weigh sales tax hike to pay for passenger train service

The measure would increase sales taxes by about 33 cents per $100 in purchases to expand the frequency of passenger train trips between Denver and Fort Collins and expand the route to Pueblo

The Wide World of Denver Sports Agrees: YES On More Trains

As the Denver Post’s Parker Gabriel reports, six of Denver’s big-league sports teams have joined up to endorse Ballot Question 7A, a fractional sales tax in the Front Range Passenger Rail District to fund the Colorado Connector regional rail system connecting Fort Collins to Pueblo via Denver’s Union Station: The endorsement came Tuesday morning in […]